ALLOW

vt to like; to be suited or pleased with.

2. allow ·vt to praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.

3. allow ·vi to admit; to concede; to make allowance or abatement.

4. allow ·vt to sanction; to invest; to intrust.

5. allow ·vt to grant license to; to permit; to consent to; as, to allow a son to be absent.

6. allow ·vt to grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; ·esp. to abate or deduct; as, to allow a sum for leakage.

7. allow ·vt 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.

8. allow ·vt 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.