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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DISALLOW, v.t. [dis and allow.] To refuse permission, or not to permit; not to grant; not to make or suppose lawful; not to authorize; to disapprove. God disallows that Christians should conform to the immoral practices of the world. A good man disallows every kind of profaneness.
2. To testify dislike or disapprobation; to refuse assent.
But if her father shall disallow her int he day that he heareth, not nay of her vows or her bonds--shall stand. Numbers 30.
3. Not to approve; not to receive; to reject.
To whom coming, as to a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious. 1 Peter 2.
4. Not to allow or admit as just; to reject; as, to disallow an account or charge.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans" [syn: forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow, nix] [ant: allow, countenance, let, permit]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb Date: 14th century 1. to deny the force, truth, or validity of 2. to refuse to allow • disallowance noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. refuse to allow or accept as valid; prohibit. Derivatives: disallowance n. Etymology: ME f. OF desalouer (as DIS-, ALLOW)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(disallows, disallowing, disallowed) If something is disallowed, it is not allowed or accepted officially, because it has not been done correctly. England scored again, but the whistle had gone and the goal was disallowed... The Internal Revenue Service sought to disallow the payments... VERB: be V-ed, V n

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

dis-a-lou': "To disallow" as used in the Scriptures means either "to oppose," "not permit" (Hebrew no', Nu 30:5,8,11), or "to reject" (Greek apodokimazo, literally, "to consider useless," 1Pe 2:4,7 the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) "rejected").

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Prohibit, forbid, refuse permission to. 2. Reject, disapprove, set aside, refuse or decline to sanction. 3. Disavow, disclaim, disown, deny.

Moby Thesaurus

abjure, assert the contrary, ban, bar, be unmoved, be unwilling, beg off, belie, blackball, categorically reject, contest, contradict, contravene, controvert, counter, cross, debar, decline, decline to accept, default, deny, disaffirm, disagree, disapprove, disapprove of, disavow, disclaim, disfavor, dishonor, disown, disprove, dispute, dissent, dissent from, embargo, enjoin, exclude, exclude from, forbid, forswear, frown at, frown down, frown upon, gainsay, grimace at, hold out against, impugn, inhibit, interdict, join issue upon, keep back, levant, look askance at, look black upon, negate, negative, not accept, not admit, not approve, not buy, not consent, not go for, not hear of, not hold with, not pay, not think of, nullify, object, object to, oppose, ostracize, outlaw, preclude, prevent, prohibit, proscribe, protest, recant, refuse, refuse consent, refuse to admit, refuse to pay, refute, reject, renounce, repress, repudiate, resist entreaty, resist persuasion, retract, revoke, rule out, say nay, say no, say no to, shut out, stand aloof, stop payment, suppress, taboo, take back, take exception to, take issue with, think ill of, think little of, thumb down, turn down, view with disfavor, vote nay, vote negatively, welsh, withhold