Meaning

1. To let one have as a suitable share of something.
2. To permit, to give permission to.
3. To not bar or obstruct.
4. To acknowledge, accept the truth of; to concede; to accede to an opinion.
5. To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; especially to abate or deduct.
6. To make an allowance, to take into account when making plans.
7. To render physically possible.
8. (obsolete) To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.
9. (obsolete) To sanction; to invest; to entrust.
10. (obsolete) To like; to be suited or pleased with.
11. To decide (a request) in favour of the party who raised it; to grant victory to a party regarding (a request).
12. To forgo bothering with, to let slide.