Thesaurus: allow

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1. v. t. To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.
2. v. t. To like; to be suited or pleased with.
3. v. t. To sanction; to invest; to intrust.
4. v. t. To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have; as, to allow a servant his liberty; to allow a free passage; to allow one day for rest.
5. v. t. To own or acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion; as, to allow a right; to allow a claim; to allow the truth of a proposition.
6. v. t. To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; esp. to abate or deduct; as, to allow a sum for leakage.
7. v. t. To grant license to; to permit; to consent to; as, to allow a son to be absent.
8. v. i. To admit; to concede; to make allowance or abatement.
9. v. make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen
10. v. consent to, give permission; permit
11. v. let have
12. v. give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause