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allowed, ppl. a.|əˈlaʊd|
[f. allow + -ed.]
†1. Praised, approved, sanctioned, accepted as satisfactory. Obs.
1382Wyclif Wisd. ix. 12 My werkys shul ben aloowid [1388 acceptable]. 1580Baret Alv. A 297 No man better esteemed or alowed of his countrie men, Nemo probatior suis. 1728Morgan Algiers I. vi. 184 The Names of the twelve..allowed and accepted by the majority.
2. Permitted by authority, licensed.
1589Hay any Work 39 He solde it to an allowed printer. 1593Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong., An allowed cart or chariot. 1601Shakes. Twel. N. i. v. 101 There is no slander in an allow'd foole, though he do nothing but rayle. 1690J. Norris On Beatitudes Wks. IV. 352 Moderate even in the most allow'd Enjoyments. 1829I. Taylor Enthus. viii. 206 The allowed enjoyments of domestic life.
3. Acknowledged, admitted.
1749Chesterfield Lett. 180 II. 169 The allowed and established models of good breeding. 1872C. Hammond Text. Crit. (1880) Introd. 8 We have the following allowed facts to start with.
4. Assigned as a portion or due share; allotted.
1440Promp. Parv., Alowede, Allocatus. 1578Cecil Papers in Monthly Mag. XXXVI. 43 Havinge only duringe that tyme allowed unto him breade and water.
5. Remitted, deducted in reckoning.
1674Coles, Allowed in Reckoning, Substractus. |