Allow and Generate

Allow

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

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

Nearby Words: allowance, allowable, allowing

Generate verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).

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Allow and generate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Allow" instead a verb "Generate".

power	allow power	generate power
amount	allow amount	generate amount
number	allow number	generate number
time	allow time	generate time
Other words: world, light, magic, damage, names, points, powers, weapons.

Too big to hide, they are pretty tough, and some upgrades allow them to generate a force field that sheds some incoming damage.

Source: The Law of Diminishing Defensive Effort
Lots of combos in Magic: The Gathering allow you to generate more Mana than you put in, resulting in the ability to use timing rules to generate an arbitrary amount of things.

Source: Readings Are Off the Scale
He doesn't really seem to mind since his powers allow him to generate box-like force fields of spiritual energy which are invisible to non-spiritually sensitive people.

Source: Standing in the Hall

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