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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.]

Definition 2024


permute

permute

See also: permuté

English

Verb

permute (third-person singular simple present permutes, present participle permuting, simple past and past participle permuted)

  1. (transitive) To change the order of something.
  2. (transitive, mathematics) To make a permutation.

Translations


French

Verb

permute

  1. first-person singular present indicative of permuter
  2. third-person singular present indicative of permuter
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of permuter
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of permuter
  5. second-person singular imperative of permuter

Italian

Noun

permute f

  1. plural of permuta

Anagrams


Spanish

Verb

permute

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of permutar.
  2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of permutar.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of permutar.
  4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of permutar.