Allow and Engage

Allow

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

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

Nearby Words: allowance, allowable, allowing

Engage verb - To hold the attention of.

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Allow and engage are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Allow" instead a verb "Engage".

Nearby Words: engagement, engaging, engagingly

man	allow man	engage man
number	allow number	engage number
time	allow time	engage time
way	allow way	engage way
Other words: anyone, player, powers, guns.

It is unknown if all of them are equipped with impenetrable cloaks that allow a ship to fire, engage shields, and enter warp without becoming visible.

Source: Invisibility Flicker
These larger comics allow the cartoonist to engage in longer, more elaborate gags than are possible in a typical weekday strip.

Source: Sunday Strip
Also Fury's 76mm Cannon should allow it to be able to engage the Tiger I tank from up to 800 meters away, so it didn't need to get up close to the Tiger I to penetrate its armor.

Source: Film / Fury (2014)

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