[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

allow \allow"\, v. 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
      1913 webster

            ye allow the deeds of your fathers.   --luke xi. 48.
      1913 webster

            we commend his pains, condemn his pride, allow his
            life, approve his learning.           --fuller.
      1913 webster

   2. to like; to be suited or pleased with. obs.
      1913 webster

            how allow you the model of these clothes?
                                                  --massinger.
      1913 webster

   3. to sanction; to invest; to intrust. obs.
      1913 webster

            thou shalt be . . . allowed with absolute power.
                                                  --shak.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

            he was allowed about three hundred pounds a year.
                                                  --macaulay.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

            i allow, with mrs. grundy and most moralists, that
            miss newcome's conduct . . . was highly
            reprehensible.                        --thackeray.
      1913 webster

   6. to grant something as a deduction or an addition; esp.
      to abate or deduct; as, to allow a sum for leakage.
      1913 webster

   7. to grant license to; to permit; to consent to; as, to
      allow a son to be absent.
      1913 webster

   syn: to allot; assign; bestow; concede; admit; permit;
        suffer; tolerate. see permit.
        1913 webster
see also:
allowed allowing local allocate laud permit 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

allow \allow"\, v. i.
   to admit; to concede; to make allowance or abatement.
   1913 webster

         allowing still for the different ways of making it.
                                                  --addison.
   1913 webster

   to allow of, to permit; to admit. --shak.
      1913 webster
see also:
to allow of 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

allow
     v 1: make it possible through a specific action or lack of action
          for something to happen; "this permits the water to rush
          in"; "this sealed door won't allow the water come into
          the basement"; "this will permit the rain to run off"
          syn: let, permit ant: prevent
     2: consent to, give permission; "she permitted her son to visit
        her estranged husband"; "i won't let the police search her
        basement"; "i cannot allow you to see your exam" syn: permit,
         let, countenance ant: forbid, forbid
     3: let have; "grant permission"; "mandela was allowed few
        visitors in prison" syn: grant ant: deny
     4: give or assign a share of money or time to a particular
        person or cause; "i will earmark this money for your
        research" syn: appropriate, earmark, set aside, reserve
     5: make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be
        attainable or cause to remain; "this leaves no room for
        improvement"; "the evidence allows only one conclusion";
        "allow for mistakes"; "leave lots of time for the trip";
        "this procedure provides for lots of leeway" syn: leave,
         allow for, provide
     6: allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth
        or validity of something; "i allow for this possibility";
        "the seamstress planned for 5 shrinkage after the first
        wash" syn: take into account
     7: afford possibility; "this problem admits of no solution";
        "this short story allows of several different
        interpretations" syn: admit
     8: allow the other baseball team to score; "give up a run"
        syn: give up
     9: grant as a discount or in exchange; "the camera store owner
        allowed me $50 on my old camera"
     10: allow the presence of or allow an activity without
         opposing or prohibiting; "we don't allow dogs here";
         "children are not permitted beyond this point"; "we
         cannot tolerate smoking in the hospital" syn: permit,
         tolerate
see also:
let permit prevent countenance forbid grant 
deny appropriate earmark set aside reserve 
leave allow for provide take into account admit 
give up tolerate 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

165 moby thesaurus words for "allow":
   ok, abate, accede, accept, accord, account, acknowledge, acquiesce,
   add, adjudge, adjudicate, administer, admit, admit everything,
   admit exceptions, afford, agree provisionally, agree to, allocate,
   allot, allow for, apportion, appropriate, approve, assent,
   assent grudgingly, assign, authorize, avow, award, bate,
   be judicious, bestow, bestow on, brook, budget, charge off,
   come clean, communicate, concede, confer, confess, consent,
   consent to, consider, consider the circumstances,
   consider the source, cop a plea, count, countenance, cut, deal,
   deal out, deduct, deem, defer, depreciate, discount, dish out,
   dispense, disregard, dole, dole out, donate, earmark, endure,
   entertain, esteem, exercise judgment, express an opinion,
   express general agreement, extend, fork out, form an opinion, gift,
   gift with, give, give freely, give leave, give out,
   give permission, give the go-ahead, give the word, go along with,
   grant, hand out, have, heap, help to, hold, impart, issue, judge,
   kick back, lavish, leave, let, let have, let on, lift temporarily,
   lot, make allowance, make allowance for, make possible, mete,
   mete out, not oppose, offer, okay, open up, out with it, own,
   own up, permit, pine, plead guilty, pour, present, presume,
   proffer, provide for, put aside, put up with, rain, rebate,
   recognize, reduce, refund, regard, relax, relax the condition,
   release, render, sanction, say the word, serve, set apart,
   set aside, shell out, shower, slip, snow, spill, spill it,
   spit it out, stand, stand for, submit, suffer, suppose,
   take a premium, take account of, take into account,
   take into consideration, take off, tell all, tell the truth,
   tender, think of, tolerate, vouchsafe, waive, warrant, write off,
   yield

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