disallow
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Definition of disallow
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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To refuse to allow.
“The prisoners were disallowed to contact with a lawyer.”
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verb
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To refuse to allow.
“The prisoners were disallowed to contact with a lawyer.”
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To reject as invalid, untrue, or improper.
“The goal was disallowed because the player was offside.”
“England will regard it as a measure of justice for Frank Lampard's disallowed goal against Germany in Bloemfontein at the 2010 World Cup - but it was also an illustration of how they rode their luck for long periods in front of a predictably partisan home crowd.”
- (UK, 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.
Words you can make from disallow
153 playable · top: WOALDS (10 pts)
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4 words5-letter words
31 words- WADIS 9 pts
- WILDS 9 pts
- WOADS 9 pts
- WOALD 9 pts
- WOLDS 9 pts
- ALLOW 8 pts
- AWOLS 8 pts
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- SWILL 8 pts
- WAILS 8 pts
- WALIS 8 pts
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- WILLS 8 pts
- ADIOS 6 pts
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4-letter words
60 words- DAWS 8 pts
- DOWS 8 pts
- WADI 8 pts
- WADS 8 pts
- WILD 8 pts
- WOAD 8 pts
- WOLD 8 pts
- ALOW 7 pts
- AWLS 7 pts
- AWOL 7 pts
- LAWS 7 pts
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- ADOS 5 pts
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- SIAL 4 pts
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3-letter words
38 words- DAW 7 pts
- DOW 7 pts
- WAD 7 pts
- AWL 6 pts
- LAW 6 pts
- LOW 6 pts
- OWL 6 pts
- SAW 6 pts
- SOW 6 pts
- WAS 6 pts
- WIS 6 pts
- WOS 6 pts
- ADO 4 pts
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- DOL 4 pts
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- IDS 4 pts
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- OLD 4 pts
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- AIL 3 pts
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- ALL 3 pts
- ALS 3 pts
- ILL 3 pts
- LAS 3 pts
- LIS 3 pts
- OIL 3 pts
- SAL 3 pts
- SOL 3 pts
2-letter words
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