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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Disallow \Dis`al*low"\, v. 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 C[91]sar we may at all times disallow, but the statutes of God for no reason we may reject. --Milton. Note: This verb was sometimes followed by of; as, [bd]What follows, if we disallow of this?[b8] --Shak. See {Allow}. Syn: To disapprove; prohibit; censure; reject. | |
