| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. Chiefly Regional. To recognize, often reluctantly, the reality or truth of: acknowledge, admit, avow, concede, confess, grant, own (up). Slang : fess up. See AFFIRM, KNOWLEDGE. 2. To set aside or distribute as a share: admeasure, allocate, allot, apportion, assign, give, lot, measure out, mete (out). See COLLECT. 3. To afford an opportunity for: admit, let, permit. See ALLOW. 4. To give one's consent to: approbate, approve, authorize, consent, endorse, let, permit, sanction. Informal : OK. See ALLOW. 5. To neither forbid nor prevent: have, let, permit, suffer, tolerate. See ALLOW.
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