Skip to content Skip to search
About Report a problem (opens in a new tab)

permissive

permissive [ML permissivus+-e] , by permission. data erat etiam lex ~e sicut datus erat libellus repudii, id est permissus ad duriciam cordis eorum Gros. Cess. Leg. IV 8 p. 196; 1284 dum in officio steteris ~e, observare tibi precipimus fideliter que sequuntur Peckham Ep. 503 p. 646; quilibet conceptus simpliciter simplex ‥ est imperfeccior positive quam verbum albi ‥ tamen est perfeccior ~e quia abstrahit a limitacione Duns Ord. III 34; item dicere Deum tradere homines in peccata que eciam sunt pene precedencium peccatorum tantummodo ~e, fuit error Juliani heretici Pelagiani Bradw. CD 564B; de blasphemia, mendacio, furto ‥ et cetera. talia enim dicitur Deum velle esse ~e, approbando sua convertibilia et non illa Wycl. Log. II 157; 1423 Deus non vult voluntate beneplaciti sed ~e solum, reges et principes ‥ bonos dominari civiliter super servos suos Ziz. 413; 1430 communitas ville tenet ibidem j domum vocatam Gyldhous ~e ex gracia prioris Feod. Durh. 44.

Saved

Recent

Keyboard shortcuts

/ s Search
← → Previous / next dictionary
1 – 9 Go to dictionary 1–9
j k Next / previous word in the word wheel
m Switch between Logeion and Morpho
b Save or unsave this word
Shift B Saved and recent words
l Look up the selected word
Esc Close suggestions or a panel
? This list