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dis·al·low       [dis-uh-lou] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object)
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.
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < OF desallouer. See dis-1, allow]

—Related forms
dis·al·low·a·ble, adjective
dis·al·low·a·ble·ness, noun
dis·al·low·ance, noun
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dis·al·low       (dĭs'ə-lou')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   dis·al·lowed, dis·al·low·ing, dis·al·lows
  1. To refuse to allow: "[The government] disallowed his aging and dying parents any reunion with their only child" (John Simon).
  2. To reject as invalid, untrue, or improper.


[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.
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Disallowance

Dis`al*low"ance\, n. The act of disallowing; refusal to admit or permit; rejection.

Syn: Disapprobation; prohibition; condemnation; censure; rejection.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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