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Allege
Definitions
- 1 To state under oath, to plead. obsolete, transitive
- 2 To lighten, diminish.
"and suffir never your soveraynté to be alledged with your subjects,"
- 3 report or maintain wordnet
- 4 To cite or quote an author or his work for or against. archaic
- 5 To adduce (something) as a reason, excuse, support etc. transitive
"I will further alleage a storie[…]to make us palpably feele his naturall condition."
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- 6 To make a claim as justification or proof; to make an assertion without proof. transitive
"The agency alleged that my credit history had problems."
Etymology
From Middle English aleggen, perhaps from Old French alleguer, or from Anglo-Norman aleger, the form perhaps from Old French esligier (“to acquit”), from Medieval Latin *exlītigāre (“to clear at law”), from Latin ex (“out”) + lītigō (“sue at law”), but the meaning from Old French alleguer, from Latin allēgāre (“send on a mission, depute; relate, mention, adduce”), from ad (“to”) + lēgō (“send”).
From Middle English alleggen, from Old French alegier, from Latin alleviāre (“lighten”), from ad + levis (“light”). Doublet of alleviate.
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