Word Meanings - ALLOWER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. An approver or abettor. 2. One who allows or permits.

Related words: (words related to ALLOWER)

• APPROVER
  One who confesses a crime and accuses another. See 1st Approvement, 2. (more info) 1. One who approves. Formerly, one who made proof or trial. 2. An informer; an accuser. Chaucer.
• SCAPEGALLOWS
  One who has narrowly escaped the gallows for his crimes. Dickens.
• ABETTER; ABETTOR
  One who abets; an instigator of an offense or an offender. Note: The form abettor is the legal term and also in general use. Syn. -- Abettor, Accessory, Accomplice. These words denote different degrees of complicity in some deed or crime. An abettor
• GALLOWS
  The rest for the tympan when raised. 4. pl. (more info) AS. galga, gealga, gallows, cross; akin to D. galg gallows, OS. & OHG. galgo, G. galgen, Icel. galgi, Sw. & Dan. galge, Goth. galga a cross. Etymologically and historically considered, gallows
• ALLHALLOW; ALLHALLOWS
  1. All the saints . 2. All Saints' Day, November 1st.
• MALLOW; MALLOWS
  A genus of plants having mucilaginous qualities. See Malvaceous. Note: The flowers of the common mallow are used in medicine. The dwarf mallow is a common weed, and its flattened, dick-shaped fruits are called cheeses by children. Tree mallow
• DISAPPROVER
  One who disapproves.