[ Alowable], adj. praiseworthy, PP.
[ Alowaunce], sb. praise, PP.
[ Alowen], v. to praise, commend, to approve of, sanction, to admit (intellectually), S3, PP; allowen, C2, G, PP.—OF. alouer; Late Lat. *allaudare; Lat. ad + laudare. ([A- 7].)
[ Alowen], v. to assign, bestow, to give an allowance to, NED, Palsg.; allow, Sh.—AF. alower, OF. alouer, aloer; Lat. allocare, to place. ([A- 7].)
[ A-loyne], v. to remove far off, NED, HD, AF. aloyner, from loin; Lat. longe. ([A- 7].)
[ Alre], gen. pl. of all, used as an intensifying prefix with a superlative, NED (all, see sect. D. II, p. 227), MD (p. 56); allere, H; aller, G, C; alder, C2, H; alther, G, C, W2; aldire-, H.—AS. ealra.
[ Alre-best], best of all, S2; alderbest, H; altherbest, NED, HD, C; altherbeste, S, HD.
[ Alre-fyrst], first of all, NED; altherfirst, NED, HD; alderfirst, C2, C3.
[ Alre-mest], most of all, S; aldiremast, H; althermoost, HD.