"allow" Definition

Definitions for the word "allow" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. v. t.
To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. t.
To like; to be suited or pleased with.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. t.
To sanction; to invest; to intrust.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. t.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v. t.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. t.
To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; esp. to abate or deduct; as, to allow a sum for leakage.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. v. t.
To grant license to; to permit; to consent to; as, to allow a son to be absent.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. v. i.
To admit; to concede; to make allowance or abatement.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. v.
1 (often foll. By to + infin.) Permit. 2 assign a limited amount etc. (was allowed £500). 3 (usu. Foll. By for) provide or set aside for a purpose; add or deduct in consideration (allow £50 for expenses; allow for wastage). [originally = commend, from french: related to *ad-, latin laudo praise, loco place]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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