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▸ verb: (transitive, catenative) To permit, to give permission to.
▸ verb: To not bar or obstruct.
▸ verb: (transitive) To acknowledge, accept the truth of; to concede; to accede to an opinion.
▸ verb: (transitive) To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; especially to abate or deduct.
▸ verb: (transitive) To make an allowance, to take into account when making plans.
▸ verb: (transitive) To render physically possible.
▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete) To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.
▸ verb: (obsolete) To sanction; to invest; to entrust.
▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete) To like; to be suited or pleased with.
▸ verb: (law, transitive) To decide (a request) in favour of the party who raised it; to grant victory to a party regarding (a request).
▸ verb: (transitive, MTE, MLE) To forgo bothering with, to let slide.
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permit,
grant,
admit,
allow for,
let,
take into account,
reserve,
give up,
appropriate,
set aside,
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