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'low
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English
Etymology
en allow.
Pronunciation
en /laʊ/ RP,US
en aʊ
Verb
en US UK dialectal or colloquial To allow; to acknowledge or admit.
1587 (edition of 1837), George Turberville, Tragical Tales: And Other Poems, page 139:
But louing well, and meaning not amisse, / He lowde him scope, without suspect of ill, / To come and goe, to vse the house as hys, / A perfect showe of very great good wyll.
1609 (edition of 1885), Samuel Daniel, The Complete Works in Verse and Prose, page 320:
and so with - drew / That freedome from her lookes (least they should 'low / More then her heart might meane) as they reflect / A narrower and a carefuller aspect.
en 1900 June Windsor Magazine 64 It be time I got in a word, I 'low.
en 1998 w:The Big Lebowski The Stranger: They call Los Angeles the City of Angels. I didn’t find it to be that exactly. Though I'll 'low there are some nice folks there.
Derived terms
en lowable
Anagrams
en low OWL WoL owl