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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.
To exchange; to barter. [Not used.]