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Definition allow

Etymology

From Middle English allowen, alowen, a borrowing from Anglo-Norman allouer, alouer, from Medieval Latin allaud?re, present active infinitive of allaud?, merged with alouer, from Medieval Latin alloc? (“to assign”). Compare also Old English ?l?efan (“to allow”), Old Norse lofa.

Verb

allow (third-person singular simple present allows, present participle allowing, simple past and past participle allowed)

1. (transitive) To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have.
2. (transitive) To acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion.
3. (transitive) To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; especially to abate or deduct.
4. (transitive) To grant license to; to permit; to consent to.
5. To not bar or obstruct.
6. (intransitive) To acknowledge or concede.
7. (transitive) To take into account by making an allowance.
8. (transitive) To render physically possible.
9. (transitive, obsolete) To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.
10. (obsolete) To sanction; to invest; to entrust.
11. (transitive, obsolete) To like; to be suited or pleased with.

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