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Webster 1913 Edition


Disallow

Disˊal-low′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Disallowed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Disallowing
.]
[Pref.
dis-
+
allow
: cf. OF.
desalouer
,
desloer
, to blame, dissuade.]
To refuse to allow; to deny the force or validity of; to disown and reject;
as, the judge
disallowed
the executor’s charge
.
To whom coming, as unto a living stone,
disallowed
indeed of men, but chosen of God.
1 Pet. ii. 4.
That the edicts of Cæsar we may at all times
disallow
, but the statutes of God for no reason we may reject.
Milton.
Syn. – To disapprove; prohibit; censure; reject.

Webster 1828 Edition


Disallow

DISALLOW

,
Verb.
T.
[dis and allow.] To refuse permission, or not to permit; not to grant; not to make or suppose lawful; not to authorize; to disapprove. God disallows that Christians should conform to the immoral practices of the world. A good man disallows every kind of profaneness.
2.
To testify dislike or disapprobation; to refuse assent.
But if her father shall disallow her int he day that he heareth, not nay of her vows or her bonds--shall stand. Numbers 30.
3.
Not to approve; not to receive; to reject.
To whom coming, as to a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious. 1 Peter 2.
4.
Not to allow or admit as just; to reject; as, to disallow an account or charge.

Definition 2024


disallow

disallow

English

Verb

disallow (third-person singular simple present disallows, present participle disallowing, simple past and past participle disallowed)

  1. To refuse to allow
    The prisoners were disallowed to contact with a lawyer.
  2. To reject as invalid, untrue, or improper
    The goal was disallowed because the player was offside.
    • 2012 June 19, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Ukraine”, in BBC Sport:
      England will regard it as a measure of justice for Frank Lampard's disallowed goal against Germany in Bloemfontein at the 2010 World Cup - but it was also an illustration of how they rode their luck for long periods in front of a predictably partisan home crowd.

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  • See also Wikisaurus:prohibit

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