verb/pɛʁ.mɛtʁ/
to permit, to allow (to grant permission or access); to allow, to enable (to provide the means, opportunity, etc.); to take the liberty; to afford
“permettre quelque chose à quelqu'un” — to grant something to someone
Synonyms: laisser, autoriser, consentir, habiliter, prendre la liberté de, avoir l'audace de, oser, avoir le loisir de
Antonyms: défendre, empêcher, interdire
Inherited from Middle French permettre, borrowed from Latin permittere, based on French mettre.