Crossword clues for permute
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Permute \Per*mute"\, v. t. [L. permutare, permutatum; per + mutare to change: cf. F. permuter.]
To interchange; to transfer reciprocally.
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To exchange; to barter; to traffic. [Obs.]
Bought, trucked, permuted, or given.
--Hakluyt.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., "to change one for another," from French permuter or directly from Latin permutare "to change thoroughly" (see permutation). Mathematical sense from 1878.
Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context transitive English) To change the order of something. 2 (context transitive mathematics English) To make a permutation.
WordNet
Usage examples of "permute".
Cleanse your heart and soul of all other thoughts in the world, then begin to permute a number of letters.
She cannot even start with the Name itself, but must first permute other words with pen and paper until the pen falls spontaneously from her hand.
In a table he permuted the numbers 1 to 4 in two-, three-, and four-digit groups, from 11 to 4444, and used these as 336 codegroups for a small code.
But Kallik replied solemnly: "Every three-digit multiple of thirty-seven remains a multiple of thirty-seven when its digits are cyclically permuted.
Indeed, a sexually reproducing species can be thought of as a device that permutes a discrete set of mutually accustomed genes in different combinations.