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Webster 1913 Edition

Allow

Al-low′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Allowed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Allowing
.]
[OE.
alouen
, OF.
alouer
,
aloer
,
aluer
, F.
allouer
, fr. LL.
allocare
to admit as proved, to place, use; confused with OF.
aloer
, fr. L.
allaudare
to extol;
ad
+
laudare
to praise. See
Local
, and cf.
Allocate
,
Laud
.]
1.
To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.
[Obs. or Archaic]
Ye
allow
the deeds of your fathers.
Luke xi. 48.
We commend his pains, condemn his pride,
allow
his life, approve his learning.
Fuller.
2.
To like; to be suited or pleased with.
[Obs.]
How
allow
you the model of these clothes?
Massinger.
3.
To sanction; to invest; to intrust.
[Obs.]
Thou shalt be . . .
allowed
with absolute power.
Shakespeare
4.
To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have;
as, to
allow
a servant his liberty; to
allow
a free passage; to
allow
one day for rest.
He was
allowed
about three hundred pounds a year.
Macaulay.
5.
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.
I
allow
, with Mrs. Grundy and most moralists, that Miss Newcome’s conduct . . . was highly reprehensible.
Thackeray.
6.
To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; esp. to abate or deduct;
as, to
allow
a sum for leakage
.
7.
To grant license to; to permit; to consent to;
as, to
allow
a son to be absent
.
Syn. – To allot; assign; bestow; concede; admit; permit; suffer; tolerate. See
Permit
.

Al-low′

,
Verb.
I.
To admit; to concede; to make allowance or abatement.
Allowing
still for the different ways of making it.
Addison.
To allow of
,
to permit; to admit.
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition

Allow

ALLOW'

,
Verb.
T.
[L. loco, to lay, set, place. See Lay.]
1.
To grant, give or yield; as, to allow a servant his liberty; to allow a pension.
2.
To admit; as, to allow the truth of a proposition; to allow a claim.
3.
To admit; to own or acknowledge; as, to allow the right of the President to displace officers.
4.
To approve, justify or sanction.
Ye allow the deeds of your fathers. Luke 11. Rom. 8.
5.
To afford, or grant as a compensation; as, to allow a dollar a day for wages.
6.
To abate or deduct; as, to allow a sum for tare or leakage.
7.
To permit; to grant license to; as, to allow a son to be absent.

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