ALLOW, ALLOWABLE, ALLOWANCE, ALLOWED, ALLOWING
ADJECTIVES
► FAVOURABLE allowable, admissible → 1666 obs.
► LAWFUL allowable, permissible; justifiable → 1599 obs.
► SUFFERABLE that may be allowed, permissible → 1395 obs.
► UNDEFENDED allowed, not forbidden, permitted → 1399 obs.
► VENIAL allowable, permissible; blameless → 1597 obs.
NOUNS
► ORDINARY an allowance of anything, a fixed portion → 1481 obs.
► SKINFUL a full allowance; as much as one wants or cares for → 1779
► TOLERANCE an allowing; permission granted by authority, license → 1539 obs.
► TOLERATION an allowing; permission granted by authority, license → 1517 obs.
VERBS
► ACCUSE to allow, to admit; to suppose → 1901 Ireland
► BETEEM to allow or permit to do something → 1602 obs.
► DUKE to allow → 2001 US sl.
► GIVE LEAVE to allow, to permit → 1500 obs.
► GUESS AT HALF AND MULTIPLY BY TWO to allow ‘about as much as you would’ → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► I-THAVE to allow, to permit → 900 obs.
► I-UNNE to allow, to grant → 1000 obs.
► LEAVEN to allow, to let → 1907 Amer. dial.
► LET THE DOG SEE THE RABBIT to allow a person to do or see something without interference or restriction → 1934 colloq.
► LEVE to allow, to grant permission to; to permit → 897 obs.
► ‘LOW to allow → 1382
► THOLE to allow, to permit, to admit of; to require, to stand in need of → 1864 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► UNDERGO to allow, to accept, to admit → 1315 obs.