Allow Definition
- to make allowance, provision, etc. for; keep in mind
allow for the difference in their ages
- to be subject to; admit of
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Allow
- allow for
- allow of
Origin of Allow
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Middle English allouen to approve, permit from Old French alouer from Latin allaudāre to praise (ad- intensive pref. ad–) (laudāre to praise laud) and from Medieval Latin allocāre to assign allocate
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Middle English allouen, from Old French alouer , from Medieval Latin allaudāre, present active infinitive of allaudō, merged with alouer, from Medieval Latin allocō (“to assign”).
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