Sorry, no online dictionaries contain the exact phrase to allow something to happen.
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1. permit
2. authorize
3. enable
4. entitle
5. able
6. accede
7. accept
8. acceptance
9. acceptant
10. acceptee
11. access
12. accord
13. acknowledge
14. acquiesce
15. agree
16. alloo
17. allow
18. allowance
19. approbate
20. assent
21. assure
22. avouch
23. clearance
24. committed
25. congee
26. construction permit
27. credence
28. endorse
29. fess
30. fiat
31. grant
32. have
33. license
34. metoo
35. permiss
36. permission
37. permiting

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