Definition of allow

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Allow (v. t.) To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; esp. to abate or deduct; as, to allow a sum for leakage..

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Permission :: Permission (n.) The act of permitting or allowing; formal consent; authorization; leave; license or liberty granted.
Concubine :: Concubine (n.) A wife of inferior condition; a lawful wife, but not united to the man by the usual ceremonies, and of inferior condition. Such were Hagar and Keturah, the concubines of Abraham; and such concubines were allowed by the Roman laws. Their children were not heirs of their father..
Lawful :: Lawful (a.) Conformable to law; allowed by law; legitimate; competent.
Permit :: Permit (v. t.) To consent to; to allow or suffer to be done; to tolerate; to put up with.
Whiskin :: Whiskin (n.) A shallow drinking bowl.
Taffy :: Taffy (n.) A kind of candy made of molasses or brown sugar boiled down and poured out in shallow pans.
Unholy :: Unholy (a.) Not holy; unhallowed; not consecrated; hence, profane; wicked; impious..
Gormandize :: Gormandize (v. i. & t.) To eat greedily; to swallow voraciously; to feed ravenously or like a glutton.
Sauerkraut :: Sauerkraut (n.) Cabbage cut fine and allowed to ferment in a brine made of its own juice with salt, -- a German dish..
Permit :: Permit (v. i.) To grant permission; to allow.
Wanness :: Wanness (n.) The quality or state of being wan; a sallow, dead, pale color; paleness; pallor; as, the wanness of the cheeks after a fever..
Graves :: Graves (n. pl.) The sediment of melted tallow. Same as Greaves.
Soup :: Soup (v. t.) To sup or swallow.
Fallow :: Fallow (n.) Plowed land.
Exhibitioner :: Exhibitioner (n.) One who has a pension or allowance granted for support.
Adust :: Adust (a.) Having much heat in the constitution and little serum in the blood. [Obs.] Hence: Atrabilious; sallow; gloomy.
Ploughbote :: Ploughbote (n.) Wood or timber allowed to a tenant for the repair of instruments of husbandry. See Bote.
Exhibition :: Exhibition (n.) Sustenance; maintenance; allowance, esp. for meat and drink; pension. Specifically: (Eng. Univ.) Private benefaction for the maintenance of scholars..
Bough :: Bough (n.) A gallows.
Absorbable :: Absorbable (a.) Capable of being absorbed or swallowed up.
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