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Definition of Allow in
1. Verb. Allow to enter; grant entry to. "This pipe admits air"
Generic synonyms: Allow, Countenance, Let, Permit
Specialized synonyms: Repatriate, Readmit
Related verbs: Admit
Derivative terms: Admission, Admission, Admittable, Admittible, Intromission
Antonyms: Reject
Lexicographical Neighbors of Allow In
Literary usage of Allow in
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Trial by Impeachment of James Prescott, Judge of the Probate by Octavius Pickering, William Howard Gardiner, Massachusetts General Court. Senate (1821)
"... presumed as a judge of probate, to allow in a guardianship account a certain
sum of money, which had been paid to himself, for services ren; ..."
2. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States by United States Supreme Court, William Cranch, Henry Wheaton, Richard Peters, Benjamin Chew Howard, Jeremiah Sullivan Black (1905)
"... if they found for the plaintiff, upon the ground that his dam caused no injury
to the mill above, they should allow, in damages, the cost of restoring ..."
3. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1904)
"liquors in Washington, or for any n2<r.-. servant, or employee of such person,
firm, or corporation to have, use, permit, or allow in his or their saloons ..."
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