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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Acetabuliform :: Acetabuliform (a.) Shaped like a shallow cup; saucer-shaped; as, an acetabuliform calyx..
Yield :: Yield (v. t.) To admit to be true; to concede; to allow.
Sallow :: Sallow (n.) A name given to certain species of willow, especially those which do not have flexible shoots, as Salix caprea, S. cinerea, etc..
Reabsorb :: Reabsorb (v. t.) To absorb again; to draw in, or imbibe, again what has been effused, extravasated, or thrown off; to swallow up again; as, to reabsorb chyle, lymph, etc.; -- used esp. of fluids..
Cut-off :: Cut-off (n.) The valve gearing or mechanism by which steam is cut off from entering the cylinder of a steam engine after a definite point in a stroke, so as to allow the remainder of the stroke to be made by the expansive force of the steam already let in. See Expansion gear, under Expansion..
Admissible :: Admissible (a.) Entitled to be admitted, or worthy of being admitted; that may be allowed or conceded; allowable; as, the supposition is hardly admissible..
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..
Gallows :: Gallows (n. sing.) A pair of suspenders or braces.
Lawful :: Lawful (a.) Conformable to law; allowed by law; legitimate; competent.
Inadmissible :: Inadmissible (a.) Not admissible; not proper to be admitted, allowed, or received; as, inadmissible testimony; an inadmissible proposition, or explanation..
Allowing :: Allowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Allo.
Buck :: Buck (n.) The male of deer, especially fallow deer and antelopes, or of goats, sheep, hares, and rabbits..
Jeel :: Jeel (n.) A morass; a shallow lake.
Mallowwort :: Mallowwort (n.) Any plant of the order Malvaceae.
Adust :: Adust (a.) Having much heat in the constitution and little serum in the blood. [Obs.] Hence: Atrabilious; sallow; gloomy.
Palm :: Palm (n.) The broad flattened part of an antler, as of a full-grown fallow deer; -- so called as resembling the palm of the hand with its protruding fingers..
Air Cock :: Air cock () A faucet to allow escape of air.
Shallow :: Shallow (superl.) Not deep; having little depth; shoal.
Allow :: Allow (v. i.) To admit; to concede; to make allowance or abatement.
Release :: Release (n.) The act of opening the exhaust port to allow the steam to escape.
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