'Permute' definitions:
Definition of 'permute'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Permute'
From: GCIDE
- Permute \Per*mute"\ (p[~e]r*m[=u]t"), v. t. [L. permutare, permutatum; per + mutare to change: cf. F. permuter.]
- 1. To interchange; to transfer reciprocally. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To exchange; to barter; to traffic. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Bought, trucked, permuted, or given. --Hakluyt. [1913 Webster]