1.To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction. (Obs. or Archaic) "Ye allow the deeds of your fathers." "We commend his pains, condemn his pride, allow his life, approve his learning."
2.To like; to be suited or pleased with. (Obs.) "How allow you the model of these clothes?"
3.To sanction; to invest; to intrust. (Obs.) "Thou shalt be... allowed with absolute power."
4.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. "He was allowed about three hundred pounds a year."
5.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. "I allow, with Mrs. Grundy and most moralists, that Miss Newcome's conduct... was highly reprehensible."
6.To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; esp. to abate or deduct; as, to allow a sum for leakage.
7.To grant license to; to permit; to consent to; as, to allow a son to be absent.
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