allow Copy link Outline I. To grant, bestowII. To acknowledge, grant, agree with, admit, q. v.; prŏbo, comprŏbo.III. To concede, permit, suffer1. pătĭor, passus, 32. sĭno, sīvi, sĭtum, 3 (constr. usu. with acc. and inf. or subj.)3. concēdo, cessi, cessum, 3 (with dat. of person4. permitto, mīsi, missum, 3 (with dat. of person, and subj. with ut5. (in Pass.) • allow: I. To grant, bestow: q. v.: attrĭbŭo, praebĕo. II. To acknowledge, grant, agree with, admit, q. v.; prŏbo, comprŏbo. III. To concede, permit, suffer: 1. pătĭor, passus, 3: he a.'d no day to pass without speaking in the forum, nullum patiebatur esse diem quin in foro diceret, Cic. 2. sĭno, sīvi, sĭtum, 3 (constr. usu. with acc. and inf. or subj.): a. me to clear myself, sine me expurgem, Ter.: we do not a. the Transalpine nations to plant the olive and the vine, nos Transalpinas gentes oleam et vitem serere non sinimus, Cic.: Ov.: v. to suffer, permit. 3. concēdo, cessi, cessum, 3 (with dat. of person: esp. as impers.): they are not a.'d to speak on public affairs except in the council, de republica, nisi per concilium, loqui non conceditur, Caes.: we a. slaves to beat our sons, concedimus servis verberare pueros, Curt.: he a.'d that there should be an annual holiday, concessit ut annua vacatio esset, Suet.: to a. soldiers to plunder the town, c. militibus oppidum ad diripiendum, Caes. 4. permitto, mīsi, missum, 3 (with dat. of person, and subj. with ut: also inf.): nor would he have left me had I not a.'d him, neque discessisset a me nisi ei permisissem, Cic.: he a.'d him to choose whom he pleased, ei permisit quem vellet eligere, Nep.: v. to permit. 5. (in Pass.): lĭcet: v. to be allowed.