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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Allow \Al*low"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Allowed}; p. pr & vb n. {Allowing}.] [OE. alouen OF alouer aloer, aluer, F. allouer, fr LL allocare to admit as proved, to place use confused with OF aloer, fr L. allaudare to extol; ad + laudare to praise. See {Local}, and cf {Allocate}, {Laud}.] 1. To praise; to approve of hence to sanction. [Obs. or Archaic] Ye allow the deeds of your fathers. --Luke xi 48. We commend his pains, condemn his pride, allow his life, approve his learning. --Fuller. 2. To like to be suited or pleased with [Obs.] How allow you the model of these clothes? --Massinger. 3. To sanction; to invest; to intrust. [Obs.] Thou shalt be . . . allowed with absolute power. --Shak. 4. To grant, give admit accord, afford, or yield; to let one have as to allow a servant his liberty; to allow a free passage; to allow one day for rest. He was allowed about three hundred pounds a year. --Macaulay. 5. To own or acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion; as to allow a right to allow a claim; to allow the truth of a proposition. I allow with Mrs. Grundy and most moralists, that Miss Newcome's conduct . . . was highly reprehensible. --Thackeray. 6. To grant something as a deduction or an addition; esp. to abate or deduct; as to allow a sum for leakage. 7. To grant license to to permit; to consent to as to allow a son to be absent. Syn: To allot; assign; bestow; concede; admit permit; suffer; tolerate. See {Permit}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Allow \Al*low"\, v. i. To admit to concede; to make allowance or abatement. Allowing still for the different ways of making it --Addison. {To allow of}, to permit; to admit --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: allow v 1: make it possible through lack of action for something to happen; "This permits the water to rush in"; "This sealed door won't allow the water come into the basement" [syn: {let}, {permit}] [ant: {prevent}] 2: give permission; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam" [syn: {permit}, {let}, {countenance}] [ant: {forbid}, {forbid}] 3: let have "grant permission"; "Mandela was allowed few visitors in prison" [syn: {grant}] [ant: {deny}] 4: give or assign a share of money or time to a particular person or cause "I will earmark this money for your research" [syn: {appropriate}, {earmark}, {set aside}, {reserve}] 5: make a possibility or provide opportunity for "This leaves no room for improvement"; "The evidence allows only one conclusion" [syn: {leave}, {allow for}, {provide for}] 6: allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something "I allow for this possibility"; "The seamstress planned for 5% shrinkage after the first wash" [syn: {take into account}] 7: afford possibility: "This problem admits of no solution"; "This short story allows of several different interpretations" [syn: {admit}] 8: allow the other team to score: "give up a run", in baseball [syn: {give up}] 9: grant as a discount or in exchange; "The camera store owner allowed me $50 on my old camera" 10: allow the presence of "We don't allow dogs here"; "Children are not permitted beyond this point" [syn: {permit}]
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