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allower|əˈlaʊə(r)| [f. allow + -er1.] One who allows. †1. One who praises, approves, abets, countenances; a patron, or abettor. Obs.
c1565R. Lindsay Hist. Scotl. (1728) 45 The fortifiers and allowers of him in such wickedness. 1580Baret Alv. A 303 A proouer, an alower, a prayser, Probator. 1606King's Declar. 13 (L.) This pretended assembly, together with their associates and allowers. 1647N. Ward Simple Cobbler 14 Not onely an Allower, but an humble Petitioner, that..Anabaptists may have due time and means of conviction. 2. One who admits, or permits.
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