disallowv.

Brit.

/ˌdɪsəˈlaʊ/, U.S.

/ˌdɪsəˈlaʊ/

Forms: see dis- prefix and allow v.; also Middle English desalowe, Middle English 1600s desallow.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; originally modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: dis- prefix, allow v.

Etymology: < dis- prefix + allow v., originally after Anglo-Norman disalower, disallower, desalower, desalouer to reject (something) (late 13th cent. or earlier; frequently in legal contexts), to reject (an item) for payment (early 14th cent. or earlier); compare Old French, Middle French (rare) desalouer to criticize (a person) (c1240 and 1530 in two apparently isolated attestations).Compare post-classical Latin disallocare (frequently from mid 14th cent. in British sources). With forms in des- compare des- prefix.

†1.

a. transitive. To refuse to accept with favour or approval; to reject. Cf. allow v. 1a. Obsolete.In quots. ?1387, c1400 (in the context of a final reckoning with God after death) perhaps with some element of, or allusion to, sense 2a.In later use chiefly with allusion to 1 Peter 2:4; see quot. 1526.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > disapprove of [verb (transitive)] > disapprove and reject

disallow?1387

reproach1534

repudiate1548

disclaim1565

disallowa1571

disapprove1644

disown1650

no-ball1862

red-line1958

?1387 T. Wimbledon Serm. (Corpus Cambr.) (1967) 77 (MED) Trowist þou not þanne þat þou ne shalt be disalowid of God þat þou hast dispendid in fedynge of fatte palfreies, of hondes, of hawkes?

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xiv. l. 130 For þei [sc. the rich] han her hyre here an heuene as it were..And whan he deyeth, ben disalowed.

a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Harl. 4866) (1897) l. 3330 Where as oure werkes moste ben avowed, The vnmerciable schal be disallowed.

1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) (1859) i. xiii. 9 Sithen that he come to yeres of discrecyon, this laboure he hath in dede disalowid.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) 1 Pet. ii. 4 A livynge stone disalowed of men, but chosen of god and precious.

1574 J. Whitgift Def. Aunswere to Admon. i. 65 Christ in this place reiecteth and disalloweth the Princes and Magistrates of the Gentiles.

1613 P. Simson Short Compend Hist. First Ten Persecutions I. i. sig. E6^v Wherefore did men disallow him? Because hee appeared in the similitude of a servant.

1660 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. i. 155 The fates of young and old together croud, No head is disallow'd By mercilesse Proserpina.

1713 Familiar Enq. 5 The Voice from Heaven requir'd all to hear the Son of God, tho' He was disallow'd by the Chief Priests.

1739 R. Bragge Church Discipline 4 He was, and still is disallowed by all natural Men, who chuse to sink into Perdition, rather than be pluck'd by Christ as Brands out of the Burning.

1856 J. R. Beard Lett. Grounds & Objects Relig. Knowl. I. vii. 115 When you disallow self-reliance you disallow God.

1894 Homiletic Rev. Feb. 152/1 The builders disallow him, they reject him.

b. intransitive. With of and indirect object in same sense. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > disapprove of [verb (transitive)] > disapprove and reject

disallow?1387

reproach1534

repudiate1548

disclaim1565

disallowa1571

disapprove1644

disown1650

no-ball1862

red-line1958

a1571 W. Haddon in A. Fleming Panoplie Epist. (1576) 422 Wee ought not..to disalowe of what soever is appointed us by Gods good providence.

a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) i. i. 16 What followes if we disallow of this?

1864 G. Wyard Devout & Explanatory Refl. ii. 328 Men generally disallow of Christ; and while he is light, they prefer darkness.

†2.

a. transitive. To refuse to commend or praise; to find fault with, criticize; to censure, reprove; to express disapproval of. Cf. allow v. 2. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > dispraise or discommendation > dispraise or discommend [verb (transitive)]

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a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) i. l. 1237 This vice of Inobedience..he desalloweth.

c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 191 Nouht þat j wole blame it ne despreise it ne disalowe it.

c1475 Mankind (1969) l. 182 The goode new gyse nowadays I wyll not dysalow. I dyscomende þe vycyouse gyse.

?1518 A. Barclay tr. D. Mancinus Myrrour Good Maners sig. Hii^v Both is lyke errour, whiche wyse men dyssalowe.

1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 7 I praefer Tulli before Caesar in writing Latin; do I therefore disable or disalow Caesar?

1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus iii. 1 According to their care herein haue they been commended or disallowed in the Scriptures.

1650 A. Cowley Guardian Prol. sig. A2 Who says the Times do Learning disallow? 'Tis false; 'twas never honour'd so as now.

1690 tr. G. Buchanan Hist. Scotl. ii. 71 If I have performed this well, I have no reason to Repent of a little Labour..; if not, yet, they who concur not with me in Opinion, cannot (I beleive) disallow or blame my Good-Will.

1721 J. Swift Let. 10 Jan. in Corr. (1963) II. 368 It was known that the most eminent of those who professed his own principles, publickly disallowed his proceedings.

b. intransitive. With of and indirect object in same sense. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. B.ij^v He beginneth with the ministrel Tygill, and disaloweth of his mutabilitie of lyfe.

1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 44 I..might in no wise disallow of his doings: for he was very circumspect..in his master's businesse.

1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης xiiii. 138 He returnes againe to disallow of that Reformation which the Covnant vowes.

1681 J. Chetham Angler's Vade Mecum xxviii. 102 Others disallow thereof.

1695 C. Wyvill Sermon 2 We must not conclude..that God disallows of a good Cause when he permits it to suffer.

3. transitive. To refuse to accept or acknowledge as reasonable, true, or valid; to disregard or dismiss the significance of; to refuse to admit intellectually. Formerly also †intransitive with of and indirect object (obsolete). Cf. allow v. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > disbelief, incredulity > disbelieve [verb (transitive)]

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c1400 J. Gower Eng. Wks. (1901) II. 488 (MED) Every child is holden forto bowe Unto the modir..Or elles he mot reson desalowe.

1532 T. Abell Inuicta Veritas sig. D.i^v Yf a Cristen man may mary his brothers wife a widow lefte withe out yssew..how shulde he not streyght waye reproue and disalowe the conclusions and determinations of thies vniuersites that saye the contrary.

1583 Ld. Burghley Execution of Iustice sig. D.iv^v Who with common reason can disallow that her Maiestie vsed her Principall authoritie?

1601 S. Harward Phlebotomy ii. vi. 97 These fond and wicked abuses of astronomy I do wholy reiect and disallow.

1692 J. Ray Misc. Disc. Dissolution World iii. v. §3. 135 This whole Hypothesis [of Des Cartes] I do utterly disallow and reject.

1716 T. Burnett Ess. upon Governm. 12 These are such Principles as few will disallow; and I believe it will hardly be denied me further.

1778 F. Burney Evelina I. Ded. p. ix His influence is universally disallowed.

1807 C. Buck Theol. Dict. (Amer. ed.) I. 412/2 They disallow of parochial and provincial subordination.

1841–8 F. Myers Catholic Thoughts II. iii. §40. 145 By disallowing any human element..we are deprived at once of much feeling of sympathy with the writers of the Bible.

1886 Times 30 Sept. 7/3 The counting of votes has no weight where experience disallows the conclusion.

1941 Peabody Jrnl. Educ. 19 400 Diversity of experiences was far too precious to disallow it in the art of preparing teachers.

2006 J. A. Danelek Case for Ghosts iv. 50 It would be foolhardy to disallow the possibility that some people might have a special ability to perceive things.

a. transitive. To refuse to approve, verify, or sanction; to judge or declare to be invalid or inadmissible; esp. to refuse to approve (accounts); to reject (an item in a set of accounts). In later use frequently in Sport: to rule that (a goal, run, try, etc.) should not be accepted or allowed to stand. Formerly also †intransitive with of and indirect object (obsolete).In contexts relating to accounting, cf. allow v. 7b.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > refusal > [verb (transitive)] > refuse to approve or sanction

refusec1400

disallow1433

reject1509

1433 Petition in Rotuli Parl. (1767–77) IV. 478/1 The seid Auditours that shall be chosen..to here the accounte of the seid Bailliffs..to allowe or disallowe hem aftir the fourme of accounte.

1472–3 Rolls of Parl.: Edward IV (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1472 1st Roll §31. m. 22 The seid bille was at that tyme rejected and disalowed.

a1500 ( Pilgrimage of Soul (Egerton) (1953) i. xviii. 14 (MED) He might bynde him self to ansuer me, that his accion in dome be disallowed.

?1520 A. Barclay tr. Sallust Cron. Warre agaynst Iugurth xviii. f. xxvii^v Howe the rulers of Rome for the moost part were greuously displeased for grauntyng of the peace and disalowed the same.

1540 Act 32 Henry VIII c. 46 §17 in Statutes of Realm (1963) III. 804 The Auditours generall..shalhave auctoritie to examyn thaccomptis..and to allowe and disallowe all that shalbe reasonable.

1609 F. Pulton De Pace Regis et Regni f. 219 The Iustices before whom such Charters shall be alleaged, shall enquire of the same suggestions, and if they finde them vntrue, they shall disallow the Charters.

1655 Compl. Clark 472 To require and take for me and in my name mine allowances of their accompts to allow or disalow as the case requireth.

1742 Rep. Comm. Secrecy Conduct Earl of Orford (House of Commons) 12 His Accounts..must be first declared, and the Declaration is the judicial Act of the Chancellor of the Exchequer; in which he can revise, and, if he sees Cause, disallow them, or any part of them.

1834 Bell's Life in London 28 Sept. When the Umpire called ‘Over’ whilst the Strikers were running a Bye; that Bye was disallowed.

1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 7 Sept. 6/2 The auditor also disallowed the refreshments the committee had, which..amounted to 9s. 6½d. each.

1924 Ministry of Health: Memorandum Rescission Poplar Order 3 in Parl. Papers 1924 (Cmd. 2052) XIX. 985 The general powers of the auditor..to examine, audit, allow or disallow of accounts..remains unaffected.

1959 Western Polit. Q. 12 825 It was for the House to decide whether any vote challenged for the reason of direct pecuniary interest should be disallowed.

2014 Africa News (Nexis) 5 Oct. The Center Referee rescinded his earlier decision to disallow the goal.

b. transitive. To refuse to grant or accede to (a request, suggestion, etc.); to reject or dismiss (a claim, assertion, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > refusal > [verb (transitive)] > reject

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not to have any (of it, that, this)1895

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a1555 H. Latimer 27 Serm. (1562) ii. f. 112^v I must not suffer y^e diuel to haue the victory ouer me..I muste disalowe his instinctions, and suggestions.

1657 M. Brookes Sacred & Most Mysterious Hist. Man's Redempt. iii. 274 We must take notice how the covenant was further administred by him..By disallowing the petition of Salome, and her sons.

1786 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) II. 1 To discuss the propriety of his charges, and to allow or disallow them as you pleased.

1841 G. P. R. James Corse de Leon II. vii. 152 Your claim upon her hand is already disallowed.

1888 Huddersfield Daily Chron. 9 Oct. 3/3 Mr Joseph Bamford again asked to be charged only 1s. per annum for water... It was resolved that the Board be recommended to disallow the request.

1938 Chicago Defender 8 Oct. 10/2 The supreme court disallowed the claim and has ordered a hearing.

1964 Science 11 Sept. 1165/3 This year the House Appropriations Committee disallowed the request of the Public Health Service for $1.5 million for planning.

2005 N.Y. Times 9 Oct. iii. 1/2 Companies could try to persuade a court to disallow claims..arguing that there was no way to cope with potential fraud.

†5. transitive. To repudiate; to set aside (an agreement, decision, etc.). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > repudiation or refusal to acknowledge > repudiate or refuse to acknowledge [verb (transitive)]

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a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. clxxxxviii^v Whiche Conclucion was after disalowyd.

1552 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 141 Furthermore I denull, disalow, and sett att nothing all former wills and testaments which I have made.

a. transitive. To refuse to allow or permit; to prohibit, forbid. Formerly also †intransitive with of and indirect object (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > prohibition > prohibit [verb (transitive)] > disallow or refuse permission

haveOE

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1563 2nd Tome Homelyes sig. Fff.iii^v The abuses therof, which he forbiddeth and disaloweth.

1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie ii. v. 108 God doth in conuerts being married, allowe continuance with infidels, and yet disallow that the faithful when they are free should enter into bonds of wedlocke with such.

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. ii. iv. 106 [He] vtterly disallowes all hote Bathes in melancholy.

1689 R. Milward Selden's Table-talk 9 If he disallows a Book it must not be brought into the Kingdom.

1713 R. Bentley Remarks Disc. Free-thinking I. xi. 23 They disallow'd Self Defence, Second Marriages, and Usury.

1721 J. Strype Eccl. Memorials I. xliv. 339 A late proclamation of the king that disallowed of the marriage of priests.

1799 G. Chalmers Supplemental Apol. Believers in Shakspeare-papers x. 209 The yet greater power to allow, or disallow, the printing of books.

a1834 S. T. Coleridge Specimens of Table Talk (1835) II. 5 An order of advocates,—men whose duty it ought to be to know what the law allows and disallows.

1905 Board of Educ.: Special Rep. XII. 336 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 2377) XXV. 325 The class-books..shall be subject to the approval of the Governor-in-Council, who may disallow books which are evidently unsuitable.

2009 Guardian (Online ed.) (Nexis) 8 Dec. In the last month ‘liberal’ Maine and New York voted to disallow same-sex marriage..but New Jersey looks set to legalise it.

b. transitive. With infinitive or from, indicating what has not been permitted.

ΚΠ

1587 A. Fleming 3rd Table Chron. Eng. sig. C.ii^v/3, in A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III Will not be persuaded to submit himselfe to the king, appealeth to Rome, goeth to the court, is reputed a traitor, and disallowed to be archbishop.

1671 T. Taylor Baxter's Bk. Answer'd & Confuted 19 Such are not to be disallowed from being Ministers of the Gospel; though they want Grace totally.

1746 Fool (1748) II. 54 If a poor Barber shall be disallowed from taking Money.

1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. II. vi. 163 I being disallowed to interfere, Meddle or make in a matter none of mine.

1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 23 June 12/1 A law of the trade which disallowed an employer to take more than one apprentice at a time.

1972 Asian Surv. 12 396 Taipei continued to participate in an international trade fair opened in Vancouver in June, 1971, though disallowed to fly the Nationalist flag.

2007 R. K. Barney in G. P. Schaus & S. R. Wenn Onward to Olympics ii. 228 Germany had been disallowed from competing in the Games of 1920 and 1924.

7. transitive. To prevent or preclude from being or doing something; to obstruct. Formerly also †intransitive with of and indirect object (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > hinder completely or prevent [verb (transitive)] > from an action, purpose, etc.

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1568 Form of Submission Papists in Abp. M. Parker Corr. (1853) (modernized text) 331 Nor willingly suffer any other in my company to offend therein, whom I may reasonably let or disallow.

1609 G. Buddle Short & Plaine Disc. Euangelicall Fastes ii. 30 It is not the mind or intention of the Church, by appointing Fasts, to disallow or hinder any other more godly and weightie matters, or necessarie causes.

1758 Philos. Trans. 1757 (Royal Soc.) 50 140 Tho' the mineral contents of these two waters be similar, yet, if they be thus mixed in them in different proportions, this must certainly create a difference between them, which..may be sufficient to disallow of their being used promiscuously.

1854 J. R. Lowell Cambr. 30 Years Ago in Prose Wks. (1890) I. 96 The great collar disallowing any independent, rotation of the head..he used to turn his whole person.

1973 O. Sacks Awakenings (1982) 264 Violent stiffness, which disallowed even passive movement.

2016 C. Jarvis Exquisite Masochism i. 24 Wuthering Heights focuses on a hermetic world that..disallows entry to outsiders.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	disallow
释义	disallowv. Brit. /ˌdɪsəˈlaʊ/, U.S. /ˌdɪsəˈlaʊ/ Forms: see dis- prefix and allow v.; also Middle English desalowe, Middle English 1600s desallow. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; originally modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: dis- prefix, allow v. Etymology: < dis- prefix + allow v., originally after Anglo-Norman disalower, disallower, desalower, desalouer to reject (something) (late 13th cent. or earlier; frequently in legal contexts), to reject (an item) for payment (early 14th cent. or earlier); compare Old French, Middle French (rare) desalouer to criticize (a person) (c1240 and 1530 in two apparently isolated attestations).Compare post-classical Latin disallocare (frequently from mid 14th cent. in British sources). With forms in des- compare des- prefix. †1. a. transitive. To refuse to accept with favour or approval; to reject. Cf. allow v. 1a. Obsolete.In quots. ?1387, c1400 (in the context of a final reckoning with God after death) perhaps with some element of, or allusion to, sense 2a.In later use chiefly with allusion to 1 Peter 2:4; see quot. 1526. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > disapprove of [verb (transitive)] > disapprove and reject disallow?1387 reproach1534 repudiate1548 disclaim1565 disallowa1571 disapprove1644 disown1650 no-ball1862 red-line1958 ?1387 T. Wimbledon Serm. (Corpus Cambr.) (1967) 77 (MED) Trowist þou not þanne þat þou ne shalt be disalowid of God þat þou hast dispendid in fedynge of fatte palfreies, of hondes, of hawkes? c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xiv. l. 130 For þei [sc. the rich] han her hyre here an heuene as it were..And whan he deyeth, ben disalowed. a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Harl. 4866) (1897) l. 3330 Where as oure werkes moste ben avowed, The vnmerciable schal be disallowed. 1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) (1859) i. xiii. 9 Sithen that he come to yeres of discrecyon, this laboure he hath in dede disalowid. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) 1 Pet. ii. 4 A livynge stone disalowed of men, but chosen of god and precious. 1574 J. Whitgift Def. Aunswere to Admon. i. 65 Christ in this place reiecteth and disalloweth the Princes and Magistrates of the Gentiles. 1613 P. Simson Short Compend Hist. First Ten Persecutions I. i. sig. E6^v Wherefore did men disallow him? Because hee appeared in the similitude of a servant. 1660 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. III. i. 155 The fates of young and old together croud, No head is disallow'd By mercilesse Proserpina. 1713 Familiar Enq. 5 The Voice from Heaven requir'd all to hear the Son of God, tho' He was disallow'd by the Chief Priests. 1739 R. Bragge Church Discipline 4 He was, and still is disallowed by all natural Men, who chuse to sink into Perdition, rather than be pluck'd by Christ as Brands out of the Burning. 1856 J. R. Beard Lett. Grounds & Objects Relig. Knowl. I. vii. 115 When you disallow self-reliance you disallow God. 1894 Homiletic Rev. Feb. 152/1 The builders disallow him, they reject him. b. intransitive. With of and indirect object in same sense. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > disapprove of [verb (transitive)] > disapprove and reject disallow?1387 reproach1534 repudiate1548 disclaim1565 disallowa1571 disapprove1644 disown1650 no-ball1862 red-line1958 a1571 W. Haddon in A. Fleming Panoplie Epist. (1576) 422 Wee ought not..to disalowe of what soever is appointed us by Gods good providence. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) i. i. 16 What followes if we disallow of this? View more context for this quotation 1864 G. Wyard Devout & Explanatory Refl. ii. 328 Men generally disallow of Christ; and while he is light, they prefer darkness. †2. a. transitive. To refuse to commend or praise; to find fault with, criticize; to censure, reprove; to express disapproval of. Cf. allow v. 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > dispraise or discommendation > dispraise or discommend [verb (transitive)] mispraisec1330 dispraisec1386 disallowa1393 unpraisea1400 discommendc1454 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) i. l. 1237 This vice of Inobedience..he desalloweth. c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 191 Nouht þat j wole blame it ne despreise it ne disalowe it. c1475 Mankind (1969) l. 182 The goode new gyse nowadays I wyll not dysalow. I dyscomende þe vycyouse gyse. ?1518 A. Barclay tr. D. Mancinus Myrrour Good Maners sig. Hii^v Both is lyke errour, whiche wyse men dyssalowe. 1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 7 I praefer Tulli before Caesar in writing Latin; do I therefore disable or disalow Caesar? 1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus iii. 1 According to their care herein haue they been commended or disallowed in the Scriptures. 1650 A. Cowley Guardian Prol. sig. A2 Who says the Times do Learning disallow? 'Tis false; 'twas never honour'd so as now. 1690 tr. G. Buchanan Hist. Scotl. ii. 71 If I have performed this well, I have no reason to Repent of a little Labour..; if not, yet, they who concur not with me in Opinion, cannot (I beleive) disallow or blame my Good-Will. 1721 J. Swift Let. 10 Jan. in Corr. (1963) II. 368 It was known that the most eminent of those who professed his own principles, publickly disallowed his proceedings. b. intransitive. With of and indirect object in same sense. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. B.ij^v He beginneth with the ministrel Tygill, and disaloweth of his mutabilitie of lyfe. 1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 44 I..might in no wise disallow of his doings: for he was very circumspect..in his master's businesse. 1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης xiiii. 138 He returnes againe to disallow of that Reformation which the Covnant vowes. 1681 J. Chetham Angler's Vade Mecum xxviii. 102 Others disallow thereof. 1695 C. Wyvill Sermon 2 We must not conclude..that God disallows of a good Cause when he permits it to suffer. 3. transitive. To refuse to accept or acknowledge as reasonable, true, or valid; to disregard or dismiss the significance of; to refuse to admit intellectually. Formerly also †intransitive with of and indirect object (obsolete). Cf. allow v. 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > disbelief, incredulity > disbelieve [verb (transitive)] mislevea1200 mistrowa1375 untrowc1380 disallowc1400 misbelievea1450 unbelieve1547 discredit1548 miscredita1555 deny1629 disbelieve1645 disesteema1676 c1400 J. Gower Eng. Wks. (1901) II. 488 (MED) Every child is holden forto bowe Unto the modir..Or elles he mot reson desalowe. 1532 T. Abell Inuicta Veritas sig. D.i^v Yf a Cristen man may mary his brothers wife a widow lefte withe out yssew..how shulde he not streyght waye reproue and disalowe the conclusions and determinations of thies vniuersites that saye the contrary. 1583 Ld. Burghley Execution of Iustice sig. D.iv^v Who with common reason can disallow that her Maiestie vsed her Principall authoritie? 1601 S. Harward Phlebotomy ii. vi. 97 These fond and wicked abuses of astronomy I do wholy reiect and disallow. 1692 J. Ray Misc. Disc. Dissolution World iii. v. §3. 135 This whole Hypothesis [of Des Cartes] I do utterly disallow and reject. 1716 T. Burnett Ess. upon Governm. 12 These are such Principles as few will disallow; and I believe it will hardly be denied me further. 1778 F. Burney Evelina I. Ded. p. ix His influence is universally disallowed. 1807 C. Buck Theol. Dict. (Amer. ed.) I. 412/2 They disallow of parochial and provincial subordination. 1841–8 F. Myers Catholic Thoughts II. iii. §40. 145 By disallowing any human element..we are deprived at once of much feeling of sympathy with the writers of the Bible. 1886 Times 30 Sept. 7/3 The counting of votes has no weight where experience disallows the conclusion. 1941 Peabody Jrnl. Educ. 19 400 Diversity of experiences was far too precious to disallow it in the art of preparing teachers. 2006 J. A. Danelek Case for Ghosts iv. 50 It would be foolhardy to disallow the possibility that some people might have a special ability to perceive things. 4. a. transitive. To refuse to approve, verify, or sanction; to judge or declare to be invalid or inadmissible; esp. to refuse to approve (accounts); to reject (an item in a set of accounts). In later use frequently in Sport: to rule that (a goal, run, try, etc.) should not be accepted or allowed to stand. Formerly also †intransitive with of and indirect object (obsolete).In contexts relating to accounting, cf. allow v. 7b. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > refusal > [verb (transitive)] > refuse to approve or sanction refusec1400 disallow1433 reject1509 1433 Petition in Rotuli Parl. (1767–77) IV. 478/1 The seid Auditours that shall be chosen..to here the accounte of the seid Bailliffs..to allowe or disallowe hem aftir the fourme of accounte. 1472–3 Rolls of Parl.: Edward IV (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1472 1st Roll §31. m. 22 The seid bille was at that tyme rejected and disalowed. a1500 ( Pilgrimage of Soul (Egerton) (1953) i. xviii. 14 (MED) He might bynde him self to ansuer me, that his accion in dome be disallowed. ?1520 A. Barclay tr. Sallust Cron. Warre agaynst Iugurth xviii. f. xxvii^v Howe the rulers of Rome for the moost part were greuously displeased for grauntyng of the peace and disalowed the same. 1540 Act 32 Henry VIII c. 46 §17 in Statutes of Realm (1963) III. 804 The Auditours generall..shalhave auctoritie to examyn thaccomptis..and to allowe and disallowe all that shalbe reasonable. 1609 F. Pulton De Pace Regis et Regni f. 219 The Iustices before whom such Charters shall be alleaged, shall enquire of the same suggestions, and if they finde them vntrue, they shall disallow the Charters. 1655 Compl. Clark 472 To require and take for me and in my name mine allowances of their accompts to allow or disalow as the case requireth. 1742 Rep. Comm. Secrecy Conduct Earl of Orford (House of Commons) 12 His Accounts..must be first declared, and the Declaration is the judicial Act of the Chancellor of the Exchequer; in which he can revise, and, if he sees Cause, disallow them, or any part of them. 1834 Bell's Life in London 28 Sept. When the Umpire called ‘Over’ whilst the Strikers were running a Bye; that Bye was disallowed. 1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 7 Sept. 6/2 The auditor also disallowed the refreshments the committee had, which..amounted to 9s. 6½d. each. 1924 Ministry of Health: Memorandum Rescission Poplar Order 3 in Parl. Papers 1924 (Cmd. 2052) XIX. 985 The general powers of the auditor..to examine, audit, allow or disallow of accounts..remains unaffected. 1959 Western Polit. Q. 12 825 It was for the House to decide whether any vote challenged for the reason of direct pecuniary interest should be disallowed. 2014 Africa News (Nexis) 5 Oct. The Center Referee rescinded his earlier decision to disallow the goal. b. transitive. To refuse to grant or accede to (a request, suggestion, etc.); to reject or dismiss (a claim, assertion, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > refusal > [verb (transitive)] > reject awarpc1000 forwerpeOE warpc1000 nillOE warnc1300 reprovec1350 to put abacka1382 to throw awaya1382 repugnc1384 to put awaya1387 waivec1386 forshoota1400 disavowc1400 defyc1405 disprovec1430 repelc1443 flemea1450 to put backa1500 reject?1504 refutea1513 repulse1533 refel1548 repudiate1548 disallowa1555 project?1567 expel1575 discard1578 overrule1578 forsay1579 check1601 decard1605 dismiss1608 reprobate1609 devow1610 retorta1616 disclaimc1626 noforsootha1644 respuate1657 reluctate1668 negative1778 no-ball1862 basket1867 to set one's foot down1873 not to have any (of it, that, this)1895 to put down1944 eighty-six1959 neg1987 a1555 H. Latimer 27 Serm. (1562) ii. f. 112^v I must not suffer y^e diuel to haue the victory ouer me..I muste disalowe his instinctions, and suggestions. 1657 M. Brookes Sacred & Most Mysterious Hist. Man's Redempt. iii. 274 We must take notice how the covenant was further administred by him..By disallowing the petition of Salome, and her sons. 1786 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) II. 1 To discuss the propriety of his charges, and to allow or disallow them as you pleased. 1841 G. P. R. James Corse de Leon II. vii. 152 Your claim upon her hand is already disallowed. 1888 Huddersfield Daily Chron. 9 Oct. 3/3 Mr Joseph Bamford again asked to be charged only 1s. per annum for water... It was resolved that the Board be recommended to disallow the request. 1938 Chicago Defender 8 Oct. 10/2 The supreme court disallowed the claim and has ordered a hearing. 1964 Science 11 Sept. 1165/3 This year the House Appropriations Committee disallowed the request of the Public Health Service for $1.5 million for planning. 2005 N.Y. Times 9 Oct. iii. 1/2 Companies could try to persuade a court to disallow claims..arguing that there was no way to cope with potential fraud. †5. transitive. To repudiate; to set aside (an agreement, decision, etc.). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > repudiation or refusal to acknowledge > repudiate or refuse to acknowledge [verb (transitive)] dissolve1382 denyc1384 renaya1450 forswearc1475 repudy1477 disallowa1513 abrenounce1537 repudiate1560 have1579 disclaim1596 renounce1617 abrenunciate1618 unowna1657 disown1666 refute1886 slam1973 a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. clxxxxviii^v Whiche Conclucion was after disalowyd. 1552 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 141 Furthermore I denull, disalow, and sett att nothing all former wills and testaments which I have made. 6. a. transitive. To refuse to allow or permit; to prohibit, forbid. Formerly also †intransitive with of and indirect object (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > prohibition > prohibit [verb (transitive)] > disallow or refuse permission haveOE refusec1485 impreve1488 denyc1515 suppressa1538 disallow1563 to hear of1584 1563 2nd Tome Homelyes sig. Fff.iii^v The abuses therof, which he forbiddeth and disaloweth. 1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie ii. v. 108 God doth in conuerts being married, allowe continuance with infidels, and yet disallow that the faithful when they are free should enter into bonds of wedlocke with such. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. ii. iv. 106 [He] vtterly disallowes all hote Bathes in melancholy. 1689 R. Milward Selden's Table-talk 9 If he disallows a Book it must not be brought into the Kingdom. 1713 R. Bentley Remarks Disc. Free-thinking I. xi. 23 They disallow'd Self Defence, Second Marriages, and Usury. 1721 J. Strype Eccl. Memorials I. xliv. 339 A late proclamation of the king that disallowed of the marriage of priests. 1799 G. Chalmers Supplemental Apol. Believers in Shakspeare-papers x. 209 The yet greater power to allow, or disallow, the printing of books. a1834 S. T. Coleridge Specimens of Table Talk (1835) II. 5 An order of advocates,—men whose duty it ought to be to know what the law allows and disallows. 1905 Board of Educ.: Special Rep. XII. 336 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 2377) XXV. 325 The class-books..shall be subject to the approval of the Governor-in-Council, who may disallow books which are evidently unsuitable. 2009 Guardian (Online ed.) (Nexis) 8 Dec. In the last month ‘liberal’ Maine and New York voted to disallow same-sex marriage..but New Jersey looks set to legalise it. b. transitive. With infinitive or from, indicating what has not been permitted. ΚΠ 1587 A. Fleming 3rd Table Chron. Eng. sig. C.ii^v/3, in A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III Will not be persuaded to submit himselfe to the king, appealeth to Rome, goeth to the court, is reputed a traitor, and disallowed to be archbishop. 1671 T. Taylor Baxter's Bk. Answer'd & Confuted 19 Such are not to be disallowed from being Ministers of the Gospel; though they want Grace totally. 1746 Fool (1748) II. 54 If a poor Barber shall be disallowed from taking Money. 1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. II. vi. 163 I being disallowed to interfere, Meddle or make in a matter none of mine. 1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 23 June 12/1 A law of the trade which disallowed an employer to take more than one apprentice at a time. 1972 Asian Surv. 12 396 Taipei continued to participate in an international trade fair opened in Vancouver in June, 1971, though disallowed to fly the Nationalist flag. 2007 R. K. Barney in G. P. Schaus & S. R. Wenn Onward to Olympics ii. 228 Germany had been disallowed from competing in the Games of 1920 and 1924. 7. transitive. To prevent or preclude from being or doing something; to obstruct. Formerly also †intransitive with of and indirect object (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > hinder completely or prevent [verb (transitive)] > from an action, purpose, etc. warnc888 withseta1330 defendc1330 conclude1382 privea1387 retainc1415 refrain1442 prohibit1483 repel1483 stop1488 sever?1507 discourage1528 seclude?1531 prevent1533 foreclose1536 lock1560 stay1560 disallow1568 intercept1576 to put bya1586 crossa1616 stave1616 prevent1620 secure1623 stave1630 riot1777 tent1781 footer1813 to stop off1891 mozz1941 1568 Form of Submission Papists in Abp. M. Parker Corr. (1853) (modernized text) 331 Nor willingly suffer any other in my company to offend therein, whom I may reasonably let or disallow. 1609 G. Buddle Short & Plaine Disc. Euangelicall Fastes ii. 30 It is not the mind or intention of the Church, by appointing Fasts, to disallow or hinder any other more godly and weightie matters, or necessarie causes. 1758 Philos. Trans. 1757 (Royal Soc.) 50 140 Tho' the mineral contents of these two waters be similar, yet, if they be thus mixed in them in different proportions, this must certainly create a difference between them, which..may be sufficient to disallow of their being used promiscuously. 1854 J. R. Lowell Cambr. 30 Years Ago in Prose Wks. (1890) I. 96 The great collar disallowing any independent, rotation of the head..he used to turn his whole person. 1973 O. Sacks Awakenings (1982) 264 Violent stiffness, which disallowed even passive movement. 2016 C. Jarvis Exquisite Masochism i. 24 Wuthering Heights focuses on a hermetic world that..disallows entry to outsiders. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.?1387
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