| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.ii.8 | eat no fish of Fortune's buttering. Prithee, allow the | eate no Fish of Fortunes butt'ring. Prethee alow the |
| As You Like It | AYL I.i.67 | Therefore allow me such exercises as may become a | therefore allow me such exercises as may become a |
| Coriolanus | Cor III.iii.45 | Allow their officers, and are content | Allow their Officers, and are content |
| Hamlet | Ham I.ii.38 | Of these delated articles allow. | Of these dilated Articles allow: |
| Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.i.20 | Why, they will allow us ne'er a | Why, you will allow vs ne're a |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.iii.5 | I well allow the occasion of our arms, | I well allow the occasion of our Armes, |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 II.ii.100 | I do allow this wen to be as familiar | I do allow this Wen to bee as familiar |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.ii.54 | I like them all, and do allow them well, | I like them all, and doe allow them well: |
| Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 V.v.69 | For competence of life I will allow you, | For competence of life, I will allow you, |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.186 | Allow obedience, if you yourselves are old, | Allow Obedience; if you your selues are old, |
| King Lear | KL II.iv.261 | Allow not nature more than nature needs – | Allow not Nature, more then Nature needs: |
| King Lear | KL III.vi.97 | Which, if convenience will not allow, | |
| King Lear | KL V.iii.231 | The time will not allow the compliment | The time will not allow the complement |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.216 | If the law would allow it, sir. | If the Law would allow it, sir. |
| Measure for Measure | MM II.i.217 | But the law will not allow it, Pompey; nor it | But the Law will not allow it Pompey; nor it |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.62 | Which to maintain I would allow him odds, | Which to maintaine, I would allow him oddes, |
| Richard II | R2 I.i.123 | Free speech and fearless I to thee allow. | Free speech, and fearelesse, I to thee allow. |
| Richard II | R2 V.ii.40 | Whose state and honour I for aye allow. | Whose State, and Honor, I for aye allow. |
| Romeo and Juliet | RJ II.iii.82 | Doth grace for grace and love for love allow. | Doth grace for grace, and Loue for Loue allow: |
| Troilus and Cressida | TC III.ii.89 | we are tasted, allow us as we prove. Our head shall go | we are tasted, allow vs as we proue: our head shall goe |
| Twelfth Night | TN I.ii.60 | That will allow me very worth his service. | That will allow me very worth his seruice. |
| Twelfth Night | TN IV.ii.57 | shalt hold the opinion of Pythagoras ere I will allow of | shalt hold th'opinion of Pythagoras, ere I will allow of |
| Twelfth Night | TN V.i.292 | ladyship will have it as it ought to be, you must allow | Ladyship will haue it as it ought to bee, you must allow |
| The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.iv.4.1 | That these times can allow. | That these times can allow. |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.i.29 | Is th' argument of Time. Of this allow, | Is th' argument of Time: of this allow, |
| The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.465 | He will allow no speech – which I do guess | He will allow no speech: (which I do ghesse |
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| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| The Rape of Lucrece | Luc.1845 | Who, wondering at him, did his words allow. | Who wondring at him, did his words allow. |
| Sonnets | Sonn.19.11 | Him in thy course untainted do allow | Him in thy course vntainted doe allow, |
| Sonnets | Sonn.112.4 | So you o'ergreen my bad, my good allow? | So you ore-greene my bad, my good alow? |
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| admit | permit, allow, grant |
| afford | grant, permit, allow |
| Allhallond Eve | Hallowe'en |
| Allhallowmas | in Christian tradition, All Saints' Day, 1 November |
| All-hallown | All Saints' Day; period of fine weather in late autumn |
| all-licensed | allowed to do anything, given free range |
| allow | acknowledge, commend, receive [with praise] |
| allow | approve, sanction, encourage |
| allow | permit to indulge, surrender, give over |
| allow | acknowledge, grant, admit |
| allow | bestow, legally assign |
| allowance | acknowledgement, admission, confirmation |
| allowance | permission, approval, sanction |
| allowance | regard, respect, reputation |
| allowed | approved, acknowledged, granted |
| allowed | licensed, authorized, permitted |
| Arion | [a'riyon] legendary Greek musician; about to be robbed and killed by a ship’s crew, he was allowed to sing one last song; dolphins then appeared, Arion leapt overboard, and was carried by one of them to safety |
| ballow | cudgel, stick |
| beteem, beteene | allow, permit, let, grant |
| beteene | allow, permit, let, grant |
| borrow | borrowing, loan, allowance |
| breathe | allow to breathe, rest |
| brook | allow, permit, bear |
| Charybdis | [pron: ka'ribdis] mythological whirlpool in the Straits of Messina which swallowed ships whole |
| chaste | of allowed love-making [because married] |
| colt | foolish youth, callow ass |
| crack-hemp | rogue who deserves to be hanged, gallows-bird |
| deny | disallow, forbid, refuse permission [for] |
| digest | digest, swallow |
| disallow | reject, deny, refuse to admit |
| disgest | digest, swallow |
| drink | drink down, swallow up |
| endure | let, allow, permit |
| englut | swallow up, gulp down, devour |
| entertain | accept as true, allow, accommodate |
| exhibition | allowance, pension, maintenance |
| fallow | fawn-coloured, pale brown |
| fallow | unsown, uncultivated |
| fallow | area of arable land, ploughed field |
| flap-dragon | swallow like a flap-dragon |
| full-gorged | allowed to eat her fill |
| gallow | frighten, scare, startle |
| Galloway nag | small strong riding horse [from Galloway, Scotland]; prostitute |
| gallows | someone who deserves to be hanged |
| give | grant, allow, bestow |
| glut | swallow up, devour, engulf |
| hallow | shout, yell, cry out |
| hallow | follow with shouts, call after |
| hallow | bless, glorify, honour as holy |
| hallowed | blessed, consecrated |
| hallowed verge | magic circle, charmed ring |
| hallowing | shouting, hallooing, crying out |
| Hallowmas | in Christian tradition, All Saints' Day, 1 November |
| jaundice | sallowness, yellowness [as a sign of envy or jealousy] |
| lawful | excusable, allowable, justifiable |
| leave | permitting, allowance, availability |
| let | allow to stay, let remain |
| mallow | variety of wild plant |
| pocket up | put up with, endure, swallow |
| privileged | [of a professional fool] allowed to say anything |
| pull | drink up, swallow, draw in |
| rush-candle | candle made of a rush dipped in tallow-wax [giving poor light] |
| sacred | consecrated, hallowed, sanctified |
| save | spare, allow to live |
| serve | suit, allow, afford |
| shallow | shallow part |
| shallow | naive, gullible, lacking in depth of character |
| shallowly | naively, gullibly; or: rashly |
| singleness | simplicity, shallowness, silliness |
| size | allowance, ration, quota |
| slip | fail to keep, allow to pass by |
| slip | let go, allow to leave, unleash |
| slip | let go of, allow to leave, unleash |
| stay | keep, make to stay, allow to remain |
| suffer | allow, permit, let |
| take | swallow, consume, ingest |
| tallow | fat |
| tallow-catch | [unclear meaning] dripping-pan [placed under roasting meat] |
| tallow-face | [contemptuous] face as pale as wax |
| tarry | stay for, wait for, allow time for |
| three-suited | allowed three suits a year; servile |
| unhallowed | without saying prayers, without devotion |
| unhallowed | unholy, wicked, sacrilegious |
| unlimited | allowing changes in the location of action; or: all-inclusive |
| unrecuring | incurable, terminal, allowing no recovery |
| use | permit, allow, tolerate |
| vouchsafe | allow, permit, grant |
| warrant | allowed, warranted, justifiable |
| Washes | the Wash; shallow inlet of the North Sea on E coast of England |
| well-hallowed | well-blessed, well-consecrated |
| yellow | sallow, pasty-faced; or: jealous |
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| Comparison | ...er degree, present-day standard english allow s either an inflected form (bigger, bigg...
...er a paindest expression). adverbs also allow the expression of comparison: sooner / ...
...rison at all, but shakespearian english allow s it. they include some words expressing...
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| Frequently Encountered Words (FEW) | ...broke] whose state and honour i for aye allow base (adj.)1 dishonourable, low, unworth...
...ecial clothing2h4 v.v.12 [falstaff to shallow ] if i had had time to have made new liv...
... to malvolio] there is no slander in an allow ed fool, though he do nothing but railre...
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