'low

See also: low and low%

English

Etymology

Aphetic form of allow.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /laʊ/
• Rhymes: -aʊ

Verb

'low (third-person singular simple present 'lows, present participle 'lowing, simple past and past participle 'lowed)

1. (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.

Derived terms

• lowable

Anagrams

• OWL, WoL, owl