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allow to license, to privilege: “go, you are allow'd” LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST, v. 2. 478 “ (you are a privileged scoffer,” JOHNSON ; “you are a licensed fool, a common jester,” WARBURTON) “there is no slander in an allowed fool,” TWELFTH NIGHT, i. 5. 88 ; “Allow'd with absolute power,” TIMON OF ATHENS, v. 1. 160. ( “confirmed,” SINGER)

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