'Permute' definitions:

Definition of 'permute'

From: WordNet
verb
Change the order or arrangement of; "Dyslexics often transpose letters in a word" [syn: permute, commute, transpose]

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]