allow1 (alou)

[ (mod. F. allouer, a ign, allow, grant), M. allocare, a ign, etc.: see allocate. Already in OF. confused in sense and form with another verb, the source of allow2, approve, the two being regarded in E. as one word; the separa is merely formal.] I. trans. 1. To grant, give, or yield; a ign; afford: as, to allow a free pa age. I am told the gardner is annually alowed 2000 scudi for the keeping of it. Evelyn, Diary, Nov. 29, 1644. Envy ought, in strict truth, to have no place whatever allowed it in the heart of man. Colton, Lacon. 2. To admit; concede; confe ; own; acknowledge: as, to allow the right of private judgment; he allowed that he was wrong; he allowed it might be so. The pow'r of music all our hearts allow . Pope , E ay on Criticism, 1. 382. The ruin'd spendthrift, now no longer proud, Claimed kindred there, and had his claims allowed . Goldsmith, Des. Vil. They'll not allow our friend Mi Vermillion to be hand- Sheridan , School for Scandal, ii. 2. some. A bright morning so early in the year, she allowed , would generally turn to rain. Jane Austen , North anger Abbey, p. 61. 3. To abate or deduct; take into account; set apart: as, to allow so much for lo ; to allow a sum for tare or leakage. The schedule of tares annexed is the tare to be allowed in all cases where the invoice tare is not adopted. Circ. of Sec. of U. S. Treasury, July 14, 1862. 4. To grant permi ion to; permit: as, to allow a son to be absent. No person was allowed to open a trade or to commence a manufacture unle he had first served his apprenticeship. Froude, Sketches, p. 170. Farewell, for longer speech is not allow'd . M. Arnold, Balder Dead. 5t. To grant special license or indulgence to. There is no slander in an allowed fool. Shak., T. N., i. 5. 61. To invest; intrust. Thou shalt be met with thanks, Allow'd with absolute power. Shak ., T. of A., v. 2. IMG:content-0536.png:[blocks in formation] Brer Tarrypin he say wich he wern't gwine nowhar skasely. Den Brer Rabbit he ' low he wuz on his way to Mi Meadows. J. C. Harris, Uncle Remus, p. 50. = Syn. Allow , Permit , Consent to, Sanction, Suffer , Tol erate. Allow and permit are often used synonymously; but