Hypertext Webster Gateway: "allow"
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) 1.7 (wn)
allow
v 1: make it possible through a specific action or 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"; "This will permit the rain to run off"
[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; permit to be
attainable or cause to remain; "This leaves no room for
improvement"; "The evidence allows only one conclusion";
"allow for mistakes"; "leave lots of time for the trip"
[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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