allow (1), alow (1), aloue (1)

t. [O. Fr. alouer, from Lat. all aud are, adlaudare =to praise, from ad to, and laus (acc. laudem ) praise.] *1. To praise. "Saint Mary Magdaleyn was more alowed of Christ for bestowing that costly oyntemente vpon hys heade." -Sir T. More: Works, fo. 672. *2. To approve, to sanction, . "Truly ye bear witne that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres."- Luke xi. 48. *3. To take into account, to reckon. "Abram levede to God, and it was alowid to hym for ryghtwisnes."-Wycliffe: Genesis XV. 6.