allow

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Synonyms: sallow, callow, fallow, wallow, hallow, allot, alloy, aglow, allo, tallow, ballow

Antonyms: sallow, callow, fallow, wallow, hallow, allot, alloy, aglow, allo, tallow, ballow

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Verb

1. {{lb|en|ditransitive}} To let one have as a [[suitable]] [[share]] of something.
2. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To present something as possible or reasonable.
3. {{lb|en|transitive|catenative}} To [[permit]], to give [[permission]] to.
4. To not [[bar]] or [[obstruct]].
5. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[acknowledge]], [[accept]] the truth of; to [[concede]]; to [[accede]] to an opinion; to say something one agrees on in the context of a larger disagreement or reluctance.
6. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[grant]] (something) as a [[deduction]] or an [[addition]]; especially to [[abate]] or [[deduct]].
7. {{lb|en|transitive}} To make an [[allowance]], to take into [[account]] when making plans.
8. {{lb|en|transitive}} To render physically [[possible]].
9. {{lb|en|transitive|obsolete}} To [[praise]]; to approve of; hence, to [[sanction]].
10. {{lb|en|obsolete}} To [[sanction]]; to [[invest]]; to [[entrust]].
11. {{lb|en|transitive|obsolete}} To [[like]]; to be suited or pleased with.
12. {{lb|en|law|transitive}} To decide (a request) in favour of the party who raised it; to grant victory to a party regarding (a request).

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