Disallow
/ˌdɪsəˈlaʊ/ verb
verb ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To refuse to allow.
"The prisoners were disallowed to contact with a lawyer."
- 2 command against wordnet
- 3 To reject as invalid, untrue, or improper.
"The goal was disallowed because the player was offside."
- 4 To overrule a colonial legislation by the sovereign-in-privy council. UK, historical
Example
More examples"Decision to disallow Medicaid for second cochlea implant withdrawn."
Etymology
From Middle English disallowen, desallowen, a borrowing from Anglo-Norman desalouer, Old French desalöer. By surface analysis, dis- + allow.