disallow
verbEtymology
From Middle English disallowen, desallowen, a borrowing from Anglo-Norman desalouer, Old French desalöer. By surface analysis, dis- + allow.
- derived from desalöer
- derived from desalouer
- inherited from disallowen
Definitions
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.
To overrule a colonial legislation by the sovereign-in-privy council.
The neighborhood
- neighbordisallowance
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at disallow. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at disallow. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at disallow
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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