Permit vs Regard - What's the difference?
permit | regard |
* (Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)
To allow (something) to happen, to give permission for.
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* 1930 , "Presbytarians", Time , 19 Dec 1930:
To allow (someone) to do something; to give permission to.
* 2009 , Patricia Cohen, New York Times , 17 Jan 09, p. 1:
To allow for, to make something possible.
* 2006 , Mary Riddell, "Trident is a Weapon of Mass Destruction", The Observer , 3 Dec 06:
* 2009 , John Mitchell, "Clubs Preview", The Guardian , 25 Jul 09:
To allow, to admit (of).
* 1910 , , "Reginald in Russia", Reginald in Russia :
* 2007 , Ian Jack, The Guardian , 22 Sep 07:
(pronounced like noun) To grant formal authorization for (something).
(pronounced like noun) To attempt to obtain or succeed in obtaining formal authorization for (something).
(obsolete) Formal permission.
An artifact or document rendering something allowed or legal.
A pompano of the species .
A steady look, a gaze.
* 1982 , (Lawrence Durrell), Constance'', Faber & Faber 2004 (''Avignon Quintet ), p. 750:
One's concern for another; esteem.
* 1842 , Treuttel and Würtz, The Foreign Quarterly Review , page 144:
* 1903 , Kentucky Mines and Minerals Dept, Annual Report , page 186:
* 1989 , Leonard W. Poon, David C. Rubin, Barbara A. Wilson, Everyday Cognition in Adulthood and Late Life , Cambridge University Press, page 399:
(obsolete) To set store by (something), to hold (someone) in esteem; to consider to have value, to respect.
* 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Luke XVIII:
To look at; to observe.
To consider, look upon (something) in a given way etc.
* Shakespeare
* Macaulay
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(archaic) To take notice of, pay attention to.
* Shakespeare
To face toward.
* Sandys
* John Evelyn
To have to do with, to concern.
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As verbs the difference between permit and regard
is that permit is while regard is (obsolete) to set store by (something), to hold (someone) in esteem; to consider to have value, to respect.As a noun regard is
a steady look, a gaze.permit
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) permitten, from (etyl) permettre, from (etyl) .Verb
(permitt)- Let us not aggravate our sorrows, / But to the gods permit the event of things.
- Last week the decision on two points was conclusive: the Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A. will not permit' ordination of women as ministers, but will ' permit their election as ruling elders, permission which makes possible a woman as moderator.
- He was ultimately cleared, but during that period, Mr. Ackman said, his lawyers would not permit him to defend himself publicly.
- What was left to say? Quite a lot, if only parliamentary time permitted .
- For snackage there's a 1950s-themed diner plus a barbie on the terrace, weather permitting .
- ‘You English are always so frivolous,’ said the Princess. ‘In Russia we have too many troubles to permit of our being light-hearted.’
- "As an instrument of economic policy, incantation does not permit of minor doubts or scruples."
Usage notes
* This is a catenative verb that in the active form takes the gerund (-ing)'', but in passive takes the ''to infinitive . SeeNoun
(en noun)- A construction permit can be obtained from the town offices.
- Go over to the park office and get a permit for the
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Etymology 2
An irregular borrowing from (etyl) (m), probably from a Doric variant of (etyl) .Noun
(en-noun)See also
* * (Trachinotus) ----regard
English
Alternative forms
* (all obsolete)Etymology 1
From (etyl) reguard, reguarde, from early (etyl) regard, from , from (etyl) reguarder. Attested in Middle English starting around the mid 14th century. Compare guard'', ''reward .Noun
(en noun)- He bathed in the memory of her blondness, of her warm blue regard , and the sentiment permeated his sensibility with tenderness made the more rich because its object was someone long since dead.
- This attempt will be made with every regard to the difficulty of the undertaking[...].
- We are spending a lot of money trying to put this mine in shape; we are anxious to comply with the wishes of your office in every regard [...].
- These problems were not traditional problems with realistic stimuli, but rather were realistic in every regard .
Derived terms
* disregard * in regard * regardableEtymology 2
From (etyl) regarder, from (etyl) reguarder. First attested in late Middle English, circa the early 15th century.Verb
(en verb)- There was a Judge in a certaine cite, which feared not god nether regarded man.
- She regarded us warily.
- I always regarded tabloid journalism as a social evil.
- He regards honesty as a duty.
- Your niece regards me with an eye of favour.
- His associates seem to have regarded him with kindness.
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- If much you note him, / You offend him; feed, and regard him not.
- It is a peninsula, which regardeth the main land.
- that exceedingly beautiful seat of my Lord Pembroke, on the ascent of a hill, flanked with wood, and regarding the river
- That argument does not regard the question.