allow

Definitions

1. 1.We commend his pains, condemn his pride, allow his life, approve his learning. Fuller.
2. 2.To like; to be suited or pleased with. [Obs.] How allow you the model of these clothes Massinger.
3. 3.To sanction; to invest; to intrust. [Obs.] Thou shalt be . . . allowed with absolute power. Shak.
4. 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. 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. 6.To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; esp. to abate or deduct; as, to allow a sum for leakage.
7. 7.To grant license to; to permit; to consent to; as, to allow a son to be absent. See Permit.
8. 8.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.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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Definition-first questions whose answer is allow.

• What is we commend his pains, condemn his pride, allow his life, approve his learning. Fuller called?
• What is to like; to be suited or pleased with. [Obs.] How allow you the model of these clothes Massinger called?
• What is to sanction; to invest; to intrust. [Obs.] Thou shalt be . . . allowed with absolute power. Shak called?
• What is to grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; esp. to abate or deduct; as, to allow a sum for leakage called?
• What is to grant license to; to permit; to consent to; as, to allow a son to be absent. See Permit called?
• What is 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 called?