disallow

English

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Disallowance and reservation

Etymology

From Middle English disallowen, desallowen, a borrowing from Anglo-Norman desalouer, Old French desalöer. By surface analysis, dis- +‎ allow.

Pronunciation

(General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɪsəˈlaʊ/
Rhymes: -aʊ
Audio (Southern England): (file)

Verb

disallow (third-person singular simple present disallows, present participle disallowing, simple past and past participle disallowed)

To refuse to allow.
The prisoners were disallowed to contact with a lawyer.
To reject as invalid, untrue, or improper.
The goal was disallowed because the player was offside.
- 2012 June 19, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Ukraine”, in BBC Sport‎:
  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, law, historical) To overrule a colonial legislation by the sovereign-in-privy council.

Conjugation

Conjugation of disallow

infinitive	(to) disallow
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	disallow	disallowed
2nd-person singular	disallow, disallowest^†	disallowed, disallowedst^†
3rd-person singular	disallows, disalloweth^†	disallowed
plural	disallow	disallowed

subjunctive	disallow	disallowed

imperative	disallow	—

participles	disallowing	disallowed