Hypertext Webster Gateway: "permute"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Permute \Per*mute"\, v. 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
permute
v : change the order or arrangement of; "Dyslexics often
transpose letters in a word" [syn: {commute}, {transpose}]
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