Definition of allow

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Allow (v. t.) 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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Bird''s-nest :: Bird's-nest (n.) The nest of a small swallow (Collocalia nidifica and several allied species), of China and the neighboring countries, which is mixed with soups..
Keeler :: Keeler (n.) A small or shallow tub; esp., one used for holding materials for calking ships, or one used for washing dishes, etc..
"""case " :: Case (n.) A shallow tray divided into compartments or boxes for holding type..
Pill :: Pill (n.) A medicine in the form of a little ball, or small round mass, to be swallowed whole..
Locutory :: Locutory (n.) A room for conversation; especially, a room in monasteries, where the monks were allowed to converse..
Absorbable :: Absorbable (a.) Capable of being absorbed or swallowed up.
Bank :: Bank (n.) An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shoal, shelf, or shallow; as, the banks of Newfoundland..
Rendering :: Rendering (n.) The process of trying out or extracting lard, tallow, etc., from animal fat..
Receive :: Receive (v. t.) To allow, as a custom, tradition, or the like; to give credence or acceptance to..
Tallower :: Tallower (n.) An animal which produces tallow.
Winter-rig :: Winter-rig (v. t.) To fallow or till in winter.
Allotment :: Allotment (n.) The allowance of a specific amount of scrip or of a particular thing to a particular person.
Perquisite :: Perquisite (n.) Something gained from a place or employment over and above the ordinary salary or fixed wages for services rendered; especially, a fee allowed by law to an officer for a specific service..
Politzerization :: Politzerization (n.) The act of inflating the middle ear by blowing air up the nose during the act of swallowing; -- so called from Prof. Politzer of Vienna, who first practiced it..
Swallow :: Swallow (n.) Capacity for swallowing; voracity.
Hallowed :: Hallowed (imp. & p. p.) of Hallo.
Deglutition :: Deglutition (n.) The act or process of swallowing food; the power of swallowing.
Flake :: Flake (n.) A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything; a film; flock; lamina; layer; scale; as, a flake of snow, tallow, or fish..
Ploughbote :: Ploughbote (n.) Wood or timber allowed to a tenant for the repair of instruments of husbandry. See Bote.
Reabsorb :: Reabsorb (v. t.) To absorb again; to draw in, or imbibe, again what has been effused, extravasated, or thrown off; to swallow up again; as, to reabsorb chyle, lymph, etc.; -- used esp. of fluids..
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