PERMETTERE. AMMETTERE. ACCORDARE. CONCEDERE. ABBONARE. BONIFICARE. DEDURRE
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. i. 48. we commend his pains, condemn his pride, allow his life, approve his learning.
2. to like; to be suited or pleased with. [obs.] how allow you the model of these clothes?
3. to sanction; to invest; to intrust. [obs.] thou shalt be allowed with absolute power.
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.
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.
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.
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