KJV Dictionary Definition: allow

allow

ALLOW', v.t. L. 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. Rom. 8.

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.

allowable

ALLOW'ABLE, a. 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.

allowably

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

allowance

ALLOW'ANCE, n.

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. Obs.

ALLOW'ANCE, v.t. 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.

allowed

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

allowing

ALLOW'ING, ppr. Granting; permitting; admitting; approving; indulging; deducting.

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.
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