01 v. t. To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.
imp. & p. p.
Allowed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Allowing
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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.
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To like; to be suited or pleased with.[Obs.]“How allow you the model of these clothes?” — Massinger.
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To sanction; to invest; to intrust.[Obs.]“Thou shalt be . . . allowed with absolute power.” — Shak.
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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.
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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.
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To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; esp. to abate or deduct; as, to allow a sum for leakage.
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To grant license to; to permit; to consent to; as, to allow a son to be absent.