Definitions from Wiktionary (allow)

▸ verb:  (ditransitive) To let one have as a suitable share of something.
▸ verb:  (transitive, catenative) To permit, to give permission to.
▸ verb:  To not bar or obstruct.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To acknowledge, accept the truth of; to concede; to accede to an opinion.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; especially to abate or deduct.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To make an allowance, to take into account when making plans.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To render physically possible.
▸ verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.
▸ verb:  (obsolete) To sanction; to invest; to entrust.
▸ verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To like; to be suited or pleased with.
▸ verb:  (law, transitive) To decide (a request) in favour of the party who raised it; to grant victory to a party regarding (a request).
▸ verb:  (transitive, MTE, MLE) To forgo bothering with, to let slide.

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