Allow

1. To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have; as, to allow a servant his liberty; to allow a free passage; to allow one day for rest.
2. To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; esp. to abate or deduct; as, to allow a sum for leakage.
3. To grant license to; to permit; to consent to; as, to allow a son to be absent.
4. To sanction; to invest; to intrust.
5. To own or acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion; as, to allow a right; to allow a claim; to allow the truth of a proposition.
6. To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.
7. To like; to be suited or pleased with.
8. To admit; to concede; to make allowance or abatement.