Definition of allow

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Allow (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..

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Demurrage :: Demurrage (n.) The allowance made to the master or owner of the ship for such delay or detention.
Flasket :: Flasket (n.) A long, shallow basket, with two handles..
Crateriform :: Crateriform (a.) Having the form of a shallow bowl; -- said of a corolla.
Flapdragon :: Flapdragon (v. t.) To swallow whole, as a flapdragon; to devour..
Lend :: Lend (v. t.) To allow the custody and use of, on condition of the return of the same; to grant the temporary use of; as, to lend a book; -- opposed to borrow..
Mileage :: Mileage (n.) An allowance for traveling expenses at a certain rate per mile.
Masticate :: Masticate (v. t.) To grind or crush with, or as with, the teeth and prepare for swallowing and digestion; to chew; as, to masticate food..
Skeel :: Skeel (n.) A shallow wooden vessel for holding milk or cream.
Taffy :: Taffy (n.) A kind of candy made of molasses or brown sugar boiled down and poured out in shallow pans.
Rate :: Rate (n.) Established portion or measure; fixed allowance.
Ingurgitation :: Ingurgitation (n.) The act of swallowing greedily or immoderately; that which is so swallowed.
Porte-cochere :: Porte-cochere (n.) A large doorway allowing vehicles to drive into or through a building. It is common to have the entrance door open upon the passage of the porte-cochere. Also, a porch over a driveway before an entrance door..
Turnus :: Turnus (n.) A common, large, handsome, American swallowtail butterfly, now regarded as one of the forms of Papilio, / Jasoniades, glaucus. The wings are yellow, margined and barred with black, and with an orange-red spot near the posterior angle of the hind wings. Called also tiger swallowtail. See Illust. under Swallowtail..
Allow :: Allow (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..
Drink :: Drink (v. t.) To swallow (a liquid); to receive, as a fluid, into the stomach; to imbibe; as, to drink milk or water..
Saucer :: Saucer (n.) A shallow socket for the pivot of a capstan.
Regorge :: Regorge (v. t.) To swallow again; to swallow back.
Improbate :: Improbate (v. t.) To disapprove of; to disallow.
Allhallowtide :: Allhallowtide (n.) The time at or near All Saints, or November 1st..
Impure :: Impure (a.) Defiled by sin or guilt; unholy; unhallowed; -- said of persons or things.
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