[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
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            ye allow the deeds of your fathers.   --luke xi. 48.
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            we commend his pains, condemn his pride, allow his
            life, approve his learning.           --fuller.
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   2. to like; to be suited or pleased with. obs.
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            how allow you the model of these clothes?
                                                  --massinger.
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   3. to sanction; to invest; to intrust. obs.
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            thou shalt be . . . allowed with absolute power.
                                                  --shak.
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   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.
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            he was allowed about three hundred pounds a year.
                                                  --macaulay.
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   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.
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            i allow, with mrs. grundy and most moralists, that
            miss newcome's conduct . . . was highly
            reprehensible.                        --thackeray.
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   6. 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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   7. to grant license to; to permit; to consent to; as, to
      allow a son to be absent.
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   syn: to allot; assign; bestow; concede; admit; permit;
        suffer; tolerate. see permit.
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see also:
allowed allowing local allocate laud permit 

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