allow vs bridle

allow

verb
  • To acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion. 

  • To not bar or obstruct. 

  • To render physically possible. 

  • To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have. 

  • To grant license to; to permit; to consent to. 

  • To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; especially to abate or deduct. 

  • To take into account by making an allowance. 

  • To decide (a request) in favour of the party who raised it; to grant victory to a party regarding (a request). 

bridle

verb
  • To show hostility or resentment. 

  • To hold up one's head proudly or affectedly. 

  • To check, restrain, or control with, or as if with, a bridle; as in bridle your tongue. 

  • To put a bridle on. 

noun
  • The headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins. 

  • A length of line or cable attached to two parts of something to spread the force of a pull, as the rigging on a kite for attaching line. 

  • A mooring hawser. 

  • A piece in the interior of a gunlock which holds in place the tumbler, sear, etc. 

  • A restraint; a curb; a check. 

  • A gesture expressing pride or vanity. 

How often have the words allow and bridle occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )