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Webster 1913 Edition

Permute

Per-mute′

(pẽr-mūt′)

,

Verb.

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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Permute

PERMU'TE

,

Verb.

T.

[L.permuto; per and muto, to change.]

To exchange; to barter. [Not used.]