Definition of allow

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Allow (v. t.) To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction..

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Rhachiodont :: Rhachiodont (a.) Having gular teeth formed by a peculiar modification of the inferior spines of some of the vertebrae, as certain South African snakes (Dasypeltis) which swallow birds' eggs and use these gular teeth to crush them..
Setter :: Setter (n.) A shallow seggar for porcelain.
Hangdog :: Hangdog (n.) A base, degraded person; a sneak; a gallows bird..
Chigre :: Chigre (n.) A species of flea (Pulex penetrans), common in the West Indies and South America, which often attacks the feet or any exposed part of the human body, and burrowing beneath the skin produces great irritation. When the female is allowed to remain and breed, troublesome sores result, which are sometimes dangerous. See Jigger..
Impure :: Impure (a.) Defiled by sin or guilt; unholy; unhallowed; -- said of persons or things.
Swallowtail :: Swallowtail (n.) A species of willow.
Auditor :: Auditor (a.) A person appointed and authorized to audit or examine an account or accounts, compare the charges with the vouchers, examine the parties and witnesses, allow or reject charges, and state the balance..
Annuity :: Annuity (n.) A sum of money, payable yearly, to continue for a given number of years, for life, or forever; an annual allowance..
Shoal :: Shoal (v. i.) To become shallow; as, the color of the water shows where it shoals..
Swallow :: Swallow (v. t.) To engross; to appropriate; -- usually with up.
Wince :: Wince (n.) A reel used in dyeing, steeping, or washing cloth; a winch. It is placed over the division wall between two wince pits so as to allow the cloth to descend into either compartment. at will..
Adust :: Adust (a.) Having much heat in the constitution and little serum in the blood. [Obs.] Hence: Atrabilious; sallow; gloomy.
Scuttle :: Scuttle (n.) A broad, shallow basket..
Shim :: Shim (n.) A kind of shallow plow used in tillage to break the ground, and clear it of weeds..
Swill :: Swill (n.) To drink in great draughts; to swallow greedily.
Swallow :: Swallow (v. t.) To take into the stomach; to receive through the gullet, or esophagus, into the stomach; as, to swallow food or drink..
Passable :: Passable (a.) Such as may be allowed to pass without serious objection; tolerable; admissable; moderate; mediocre.
Doe :: Doe (n.) A female deer or antelope; specifically, the female of the fallow deer, of which the male is called a buck. Also applied to the female of other animals, as the rabbit. See the Note under Buck..
Intromittent :: Intromittent (a.) Throwing, or allowing to pass, into or within..
Scrimp :: Scrimp (v. t.) To make too small or short; to limit or straiten; to put on short allowance; to scant; to contract; to shorten; as, to scrimp the pattern of a coat..
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