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Disallowed

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.

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disallowed

  1. 1 forbidden 2 invalid v

  2. (en-past of: disallow)

Usage examples of "disallowed".

Here he found that the Regent and Council had disallowed the private treaty between the royal hostages and Edward, on the grounds that it gave too much away.

Some priests supple­mented their too meager pay by occupation as taverners or horse-dealers or other work disallowed for the clergy as inhonesta.

When this was disallowed, the friars accused the King’s barber and the Duc d’Orleans’ concierge of sorcery and, when they were acquitted, rashly transferred the accusation against Orleans him­ self.

Her condemnation was essential to the English because she claimed to have been moved by God, and if the claim were not disallowed, God, the arbiter in the affairs of men, would have been shown to have set His face against the English dominion of France.

Therefore, your claim is disallowed, on the grounds that the charge is not premeditated murder.

His hand rested quietly on his battered scabbard, empty, since the sentries in the hallway disallowed weapons in the presence of royalty.

Nothing could be read in the mercenary’s eyes but a bleakness that disallowed pride.

But the threat posed by the Mathcek Demons disallowed any hope for enlighten-ment.

What rapport he might have fostered with king’s men had withered on the Graley, when urgency had disallowed pause for a funeral rite.

Its plea of nonbiological construction (and therefore noninvolvement in legal proceedings pertaining to living creatures) was disallowed on the ground that the silicon-based Cascassians who had built the ship and lifeboat were now also subject to this definition of cannibalism.

Its plea of nonbiological construction (and therefore noninvolvement in legal proceed­ings pertaining to living creatures) was disallowed on the ground that the silicon-based Cascassians who had built the ship and lifeboat were now also subject to this definition of cannibalism.

But be prepared to hear it's disallowed And don't complain in hearing of your neighbours.

Another generation, you'll have melanin-high skin on the list of disallowed genes!

Legislation will be enacted which will deal with permitted and disallowed content (obscenity ?

Legislation will be enacted which will deal with permitted and disallowed content (obscenity?