To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.
To like; to be suited or pleased with.
To sanction; to invest; to intrust.
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.
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.
To grant (something) as a deduction or an
addition; esp. to abate or deduct; as, to allow a sum for
leakage.
To grant license to; to permit; to consent to;
as, to allow a son to be absent.
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