as in allows (of)
to make possible especially to the exclusion of other possibilities
the photo is too grainy to permit of anything more than a slight enlargement
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Conversations can start light but shift quickly once something real needs to be said.—
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Virgo August 23 – September 22 Something at home needs attention before everything else works smoothly today.—
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“Permits (of).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/permits%20%28of%29. Accessed 4 May. 2026.
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