With object and infinitive. To allow (a person or thing) to do something or to be done or dealt with… transitive. With to-infinitive.

transitive (by ellipsis of infinitive) To permit or allow (a person) to do a certain thing; †to let alone. Also occasionally absol. archaic.

To permit or allow (a person) to do something. †Also elliptical, to allow to speak.

transitive. To allow (a person or thing) to do something. Now rare.

transitive. To allow or give consent to (a person or thing) to do or undergo something. Chiefly with infinitive.

transitive. = permit, v.

To allow, permit (to do something). rare.