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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Hangdog :: Hangdog (n.) A base, degraded person; a sneak; a gallows bird..
Glut :: Glut (n.) That which is swallowed.
Shallow :: Shallow (superl.) Not deep in tone.
Saucer :: Saucer (n.) A shallow socket for the pivot of a capstan.
Swallow-tailed :: Swallow-tailed (a.) Having a tail like that of a swallow; hence, like a swallow's tail in form; having narrow and tapering or pointed skirts; as, a swallow-tailed coat..
Skipjack :: Skipjack (n.) A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V-shaped cross section.
Absorb :: Absorb (v. t.) To swallow up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to include.
Swallow :: Swallow (n.) Taste; relish; inclination; liking.
If :: If (conj.) In case that; granting, allowing, or supposing that; -- introducing a condition or supposition..
Rudd :: Rudd (n.) A fresh-water European fish of the Carp family (Leuciscus erythrophthalmus). It is about the size and shape of the roach, but it has the dorsal fin farther back, a stouter body, and red irises. Called also redeye, roud, finscale, and shallow. A blue variety is called azurine, or blue roach..
Priestcap :: Priestcap (n.) A form of redan, so named from its shape; -- called also swallowtail..
Lend :: Lend (v. t.) To allow the possession and use of, on condition of the return of an equivalent in kind; as, to lend money or some article of food..
Permit :: Permit (v. i.) To grant permission; to allow.
Absorbing :: Absorbing (a.) Swallowing, engrossing; as, an absorbing pursuit..
Celandine :: Celandine (n.) A perennial herbaceous plant (Chelidonium majus) of the poppy family, with yellow flowers. It is used as a medicine in jaundice, etc., and its acrid saffron-colored juice is used to cure warts and the itch; -- called also greater celandine and swallowwort..
Allowancing :: Allowancing (imp. & p. p.) of Allowanc.
Allhallowtide :: Allhallowtide (n.) The time at or near All Saints, or November 1st..
Swallowtail :: Swallowtail (n.) An outwork with converging sides, its head or front forming a reentrant angle; -- so called from its form. Called also priestcap..
Salvage :: Salvage (n.) The compensation allowed to persons who voluntarily assist in saving a ship or her cargo from peril.
Wheatear :: Wheatear (n.) A small European singing bird (Saxicola /nanthe). The male is white beneath, bluish gray above, with black wings and a black stripe through each eye. The tail is black at the tip and in the middle, but white at the base and on each side. Called also checkbird, chickell, dykehopper, fallow chat, fallow finch, stonechat, and whitetail..
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