Dictionary

'low en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /laʊ/ (Received-Pronunciation, US)

Etymology

Apheretic form of allow.

Meanings

1. (UK, US, colloquial, dialectal) To allow; to acknowledge or admit.
   • […] 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. 1609 (edition of 1885), Samuel Daniel, The Complete Works in Verse and Prose, page 320
   • 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. 1587 (edition of 1837), George Turberville, Tragical Tales: And Other Poems, page 139
   • It be time I got in a word, I 'low. 1900 June, Windsor Magazine, section 64:
   • 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. 1998, The Big Lebowski:

Forms

Deriveds

lowable