disallow
verb (used with object)
to refuse to allow; reject; veto.
was disallowing
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past progressiveof disallow.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Luckily I was not attending the reverend gentleman's ministration, but he seemed to think the greatest crime I had committed was disallowing the costs of the prosecution.
From The Reminiscences of Sir Henry Hawkins (Baron Brampton) by Henry Hawkins, Baron Brampton
