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English
Etymology
Aphetic form of allow.
Pronunciation
Verb
'low (third-person singular simple present 'lows, present participle 'lowing, simple past and past participle 'lowed)
- (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.
1900 June, Windsor Magazine, section 64:It be time I got in a word, I 'low.
1998, 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.
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