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allowed

/əˈlaʊd/ adjective A2
  1. Permitted, authorized. · Can she come? -She'll be allowed to go later.
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I began my operations at Gloucester Road Station, where a very helpful official walked with me along the track and allowed me to satisfy myself not only that the back-stair windows of Caulfield Gardens open on the line but the even more essential fact that, owing to the intersection of one of the larger railways, the Underground trains are frequently held motionless for some minutes at that very spot.”
Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans, p. 29 · B2
So the soldier was summoned and entered the Throne Room timidly, for while Oz was alive he never was allowed to come farther than the door.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 122 · B2
Then all looked at each other,—he was made to take an oath, and did so, but with such an ill grace that it was really tempting Providence to swear thus, and yet, in spite of that, the general was allowed to depart free—perfectly free.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 113 · C1
My glass allowed me to observe that the plaster was slightly scratched in doing it, which would not have been the case if the man’s nail had been trimmed.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 37 · B2

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