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Definition allow of in British English

allow of phrasal verb

[transitive] phrasal verb
1

to show that something is possible

Example

The evidence allows of no other interpretation.

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2

to show that something is possible

Example

The possibility must be allowed of concepts which are not concepts of any actual thing, and of names which express a sense but have no denotation.

Definition allow of in British English