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Gave permission
Answer for the clue "Gave permission ", 7 letters:
allowed
Alternative clues for the word allowed
Word definitions for allowed in dictionaries
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: allow )
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., "praised;" mid-15c., "assigned as a due share;" late 15c., "permitted," past participle adjective from allow .
Usage examples of allowed.
She begged me to sup with her, and as she persisted I was obliged to refuse her in a way I should not have allowed myself to use with any other woman.
Le Duc begged to be allowed to accompany me on horseback, saying that he had been a true prophet.
The knight helped her to change her chemise, which she allowed him to do as a matter of course, though indeed she begged me to excuse her.
The dose was rather too strong to be swallowed, and I did not feel disposed to submit to it.
She desired me to give her an account of my life on the island, and I did so, but allowed my pretty needlewomen to remain under a veil, for I had already learnt that in this world the truth must often remain untold.
However, my good genius did not approve of that decision, for I was not allowed to carry it into execution.
She allowed me to put on her dress, and did not forbid my eyes wandering towards a large rent in her chemise, which let me see almost the whole of one of her beautiful breasts.
He replied that she had wished to do so, but that he had disallowed it, and he easily convinced me that this improvisation would have been the ruin of her fine talent.
The seals were already affixed on all the doors, and I was not even allowed to go to my room, for a keeper had been left there by the bailiff.
Our love might have been lessened, she would have enjoyed too great advantages over me, and my self-dignity would have too deeply suffered if I had allowed myself to be supported by her earnings only.
She took it, but when she reached the door, she raised her veil, and kissing her husband she allowed me to see her lovely face as if it had been done unwittingly.
Melulla, highly pleased with her success, refused the gold I wanted to give her, and allowed me to go after I had spent two hours with her.
The major laughed, and said that he had no objection provided the sentinel allowed him to pass.
The new count, while he allowed others to forget his origin, was too wise to forget it himself, and in legal documents he always signed his family name as well as the one he had adopted.
It is owing to that feeling that you found me so reserved towards you, for I was afraid that you might harbour that fearful idea if I allowed, you to read in my looks the favourable impression which you had made on my heart.