Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A permission of choice or selection; specifically, in rhetoric, a figure by which an alternative is left to the option of one's adversary.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A permitted choice; a rhetorical figure in which a thing is committed to the decision of one's opponent.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
choice which has beenpermitted . - noun A
rhetorical device in which a thing ispredicated on the decision of one'sopponent .
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Examples
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In 1681, his w., 'growing crazier,' he pet. for permiss. to keep a cook's shop and to sell penny beer.
Archive 2005-06-01 2005
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"Vith permiss of le capitaine, I vill le cheval cache," continued the
The Scalp Hunters Mayne Reid 1850
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As well as agreeing a further three years 'temporary planning permiss-ion for use of the site, the council also insisted on formal accounts being kept.
EDP24 News 2010
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As well as agreeing a further three years 'temporary planning permiss-ion for use of the site, the council also insisted on formal accounts being kept.
EDP24 News 2010
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If they had not recorded those lessons for me (without the teachers permiss i might add) I wouldn't have been prepared to hand in the assignment the following day.
p2pnet news 2009
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