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| 1. | to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation. |
| 2. | to refuse to admit the truth or validity of: to disallow the veracity of a report. |
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| dis·al·low
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tr.v. dis·al·lowed, dis·al·low·ing, dis·al·lows
[Middle English disallowen, from Old French desalouer, to reprimand : des-, dis- + alouer, to approve; see allow.] dis'al·low'a·ble adj., dis'al·low'ance n. |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
| disallow | |
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| command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans" [syn: forbid] [ant: allow] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
disallow [disəˈlau] verb
to refuse to allow (a claim etc)
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
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[ae]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, "What follows, if we disallow of this?" --Shak. See Allow. Syn: To disapprove; prohibit; censure; reject.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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