Allow and Claim

Allow

Allow verb - To give permission for or to approve of.

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Claim and allow are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Claim" instead a verb "Allow".

Nearby Words: allowance, allowable, allowing

Claim verb - To state as a fact usually forcefully.

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Allow and claim are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Allow" instead a verb "Claim".

Nearby Words: claimed, claiming, claimant

power	allow power	claim power
life	allow life	claim life
name	allow name	claim name
control	allow control	claim control
Other words: time, world, defense, victory, items, powers.

The Wraith do not openly claim to be gods, but they happily allow themselves to be worshipped as deity-like beings by their brainwashed human followers.

Source: Series / Stargate Atlantis
Each House's members have strengths that allow it to supplant the previous one, and weaknesses which will eventually allow its successor to claim the Imperial throne in turn.

Source: Vicious Cycle
They claim the VRA in general is based on "obsolete" data, while critics have said that this will allow voting institutions to keep the sorta people they don't like without a vote.

Source: Useful Notes / The New Tens

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