King James Bible Dictionary

ALLOW', verb transitive [Latin loco, to lay, set, place. See Lay.]

1. To grant, give or yield; as, to allow a servant his liberty; to allow a pension.

2. To admit; as, to allow the truth of a proposition; to allow a claim.

3. To admit; to own or acknowledge; as, to allow the right of the President to displace officers.

4. To approve, justify or sanction.

Ye allow the deeds of your fathers. Luke 11:48. Romans 8:1.

5. To afford, or grant as a compensation; as, to allow a dollar a day for wages.

6. To abate or deduct; as, to allow a sum for tare or leakage.

7. To permit; to grant license to; as, to allow a son to be absent.

ALLOW'ABLE, adjective That may be permitted as lawful, or admitted as true and proper; not forbid; not unlawful or improper; as, a certain degree of freedom is allowable among friends.

ALLOW-ABLENESS, noun The quality of being allowable; lawfulness; exemption from prohibition, or impropriety.

ALLOW'ABLY, adverb In an allowable manner; with propriety.

ALLOW'ANCE, noun

1. The act of allowing or admitting.

2. Permission; license; approbation; sanction; usually slight approbation.

3. Admission; assent to a fact or state of things; a granting.

4. Freedom from restraint; indulgence.

5. That which is allowed; a portion appointed; a stated quantity, as of food or drink; hence, in seamen's language, a limited quantity of meat and drink, when provisions fall short.

6. Abatement; deduction; as, to make an allowance for the inexperience of youth.

7. Established character; reputation; as, a pilot of approved allowance obsolete

ALLOW'ANCE, verb transitive To put upon allowance; to restrain or limit to a certain quantity of provisions or drink.

Distress compelled the captain of the ship to allowance his crew.

ALLOW'ED, participle passive Granted; permitted; assented to; admitted; approved; indulged; appointed; abated.

ALLOW'ING, participle present tense Granting; permitting; admitting; approving; indulging; deducting.