| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. Proof of legal permission to do something: license, warrant. Idioms: piece of paper. See ALLOW, LAW. 2. The approving of an action, especially when done by one in authority: allowance, approbation, approval, authorization, consent, endorsement, leave2, license, permission, sanction. Informal : OK. See ALLOW. | | VERB: | 1. To give the means, ability, or opportunity to do: empower, enable. See ALLOW. 2. To afford an opportunity for: admit, allow, let. See ALLOW. 3. To give one's consent to: allow, approbate, approve, authorize, consent, endorse, let, sanction. Informal : OK. See ALLOW. 4. To neither forbid nor prevent: allow, have, let, suffer, tolerate. See ALLOW.
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