Make and Permit

Make

Make verb - To put into effect through legislative or authoritative action.

Usage example: the legislature failed to make any new laws last session

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Permit and make are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Permit" instead a verb "Make".

Nearby Words: makeup, making, maker

Permit verb - To give permission for or to approve of.

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Make and permit are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Make" instead a verb "Permit".

expensive	expensive make	expensive permit
big	big make	big permit

Lastly, Alfred tries to slip past the guards to get the king to give the Wana family a residence permit and make them legal citizens.

Source: Western Animation / Alfred J. Kwak
So instead they make a deal with the highest ranking Nazi they permit to escape justice: They will be free to run so long as they make themselves useful to their bottom line.

Source: Necessarily Evil
For example, you need to be quick on date math to make sure that a work permit expires at the same time as the duration of stay on an access permit.

Source: Video Game / Papers, Please

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