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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Livery :: Livery (n.) An allowance of food statedly given out; a ration, as to a family, to servants, to horses, etc..
Release :: Release (n.) The act of opening the exhaust port to allow the steam to escape.
Swallow :: Swallow (n.) Taste; relish; inclination; liking.
Commonable :: Commonable (a.) Allowed to pasture on public commons.
Graves :: Graves (n. pl.) The sediment of melted tallow. Same as Greaves.
Fallowist :: Fallowist (n.) One who favors the practice of fallowing land.
Let :: Let (v. t.) To allow to be used or occupied for a compensation; to lease; to rent; to hire out; -- often with out; as, to let a farm; to let a house; to let out horses..
Camel :: Camel (n.) A water-tight structure (as a large box or boxes) used to assist a vessel in passing over a shoal or bar or in navigating shallow water. By admitting water, the camel or camels may be sunk and attached beneath or at the sides of a vessel, and when the water is pumped out the vessel is lifted..
Fallow :: Fallow (n.) Plowed land.
Holiness :: Holiness (n.) The state of being hallowed, or consecrated to God or to his worship; sacredness..
Fallowing :: Fallowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fallo.
Swallowtail :: Swallowtail (n.) A swallow-tailed coat.
Tree :: Tree (n.) A cross or gallows; as Tyburn tree.
Tallow :: Tallow (n.) The suet or fat of animals of the sheep and ox kinds, separated from membranous and fibrous matter by melting..
Ruminate :: Ruminate (v. i.) To chew the cud; to chew again what has been slightly chewed and swallowed.
Wind :: Wind (v. t.) To rest, as a horse, in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe..
Geosynclinal :: Geosynclinal (n.) the downward bend or subsidence of the earth's crust, which allows of the gradual accumulation of sediment, and hence forms the first step in the making of a mountain range; -- opposed to geanticlinal..
Periscope :: Periscope (n.) an optical instrument of tubular shape containing an arrangement of lenses and mirrors (or prisms), allowing a person to observe a field of view otherwise obstructed, as beyond an obstructing object or (as in submarines) above the surface of the water..
Shallow :: Shallow (superl.) Not deep in tone.
Shallow :: Shallow (superl.) Not intellectually deep; not profound; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing; ignorant; superficial; as, a shallow mind; shallow learning..
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