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Permute definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PERMU'TE, v.t. [L.permuto; per and muto, to change.]
To exchange; to barter. [Not used.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: change the order or arrangement of; "Dyslexics often transpose letters in a word" [syn: permute, commute, transpose]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb (permuted; permuting) Etymology: Middle English, to exchange, from Anglo-French or Latin; Anglo-French permuter, from Latin permutare, from per- + mutare to change — more at mutable Date: 1878 to change the order or arrangement of; especially to arrange in all possible ways • permutable adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. alter the sequence or arrangement of. Etymology: ME f. L permutare (as PER-, mutare change)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Permute Per*mute", v. t. [L. permutare, permutatum; per + mutare to change: cf. F. permuter.] 1. To interchange; to transfer reciprocally. 2. To exchange; to barter; to traffic. [Obs.] Bought, trucked, permuted, or given. --Hakluyt.