disallow
/ˌdɪsəˈlaʊ/ verb
Forms disallows disallowing disallowed disallowest disallowedst disalloweth
- verb To refuse to allow. “The prisoners were disallowed to contact with a lawyer.”
- verb To reject as invalid, untrue, or improper. “The goal was disallowed because the player was offside.”
- verb (UK, law, historical) To overrule a colonial legislation by the sovereign-in-privy council.
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Etymology
From Middle English disallowen, desallowen, a borrowing from Anglo-Norman desalouer, Old French desalöer. By surface analysis, dis- + allow.
Webster’s 1913
- verb To refuse to allow; to deny the force or validity of; to disown and reject; as, the judge disallowed the executor's charge.
Etymology [Pref. dis- + allow: cf. OF. desalouer, desloer, to blame, dissuade.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “disallow”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details