"disallow" meaning in English

See disallow in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /dɪsəˈlaʊ/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-disallow.wav [UK] Forms: disallow [canonical], disallows [third-person, singular], disallowed [past], disallowed [past, participle], disallowing [present, participle]
Etymology: dis- + allow Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|dis|allow}} dis- + allow Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you disallow, you do not let it happen; you do not allow this to happen.
    Sense id: simple-disallow-en-verb-FxJ1Ad53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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