Allow, 1) followed by an accus. a) to grant, to yield, to give: “I would a. him odds,” R2 I, 1, 62. “free speech and fearless I to thee a.,” R2 I, 1, 62 H4A II, 1, 21. H4B V, 5, 70. H8 III, 1, 151. Rom. II, 3, 86. Tim. III, 3, 41. Hml. I, 2, 38. V, 1, 255 “(she is --ed her virgin rites).” V, 2, 47. Lr. II, 4, 269. Cymb. I, 4, 3. “a. the wind,” All's V, 2, 10 == do not stop it, stand to the leeward of me. “whose roguish madness --s itself to anything,” Lr. III, 7, 105, i. e. allows itself to be employed in anything.
b) to grant, to permit: “if the law would a. it,” Meas II, 1, 239. Meas II, 1, 239 Meas II, 1, 239 “the law --s it,” Merch. IV, 1, 303. “the worser was --ed a furred gown,” Meas. III, 2, 8. “being --ed his way,” H8 I, 1, 133. “scholars --ed freely to argue for her,” II, 2, 113. “a. me such exercises,” As I, 1, 76. Tw. I, 5, 210. V, 304. Wint. I, 2, 263. IV, 1, 15. IV, 4, 479. H6C V, 4, 20. Lr. III, 6, 106. V, 3, 233. Cymb. II, 3, 121. “--ing him to monarchize,” R2 III, 2, 164. H4B II, 2, 115. Caes. III, 2, 64. “him in thy course untainted do a.” Sonn. 19, 11.
c) to grant, admit: “who did his words a.” Lucr. 1845. “I well a. the occasion of our arms,” H4B I, 3, 5. “I like them all and do a. them well,” H4B IV, 2, 54.
d) to license: “she is --ed for the day-woman,” LLL I, 2, 136. “an --ed fool,” Tw. I, 5, 101. you are --ed == an --ed fool, LLL V, 2, 478.
e) to acknowledge: “so you o'ergreen my bad, my good a.” Sonn. 112, 4. Wiv. II, 2, 236. As I, 1, 49. R2 V, 2, 40. H8 I, 2, 83. II, 4, 4. Troil. III, 2, 98. Cor. III, 3, 45. Oth. I, 3, 224. Cymb. III, 3, 17. “that will a. me very worth his service,” Tw. I, 2, 59 == make me acknowledged.
f) to sanction: “if your sweet sway a. obedience,” Lr. II, 4, 194. “--ed with absolute power,” Tim. V, 1, 165 (trusted, invested by public authority).
2) Followed by of: a) to permit: “of this a.” Wint. IV, 1, 29. b) to admit: “ere I will a. of thy wits,” Tw. IV, 2, 63.
3) Absolutely: “her --ing husband,” Wint. I, 2, 185, == conniving.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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