name, noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Clipping of legislature. US, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial, uncountable
2. 2
   A legend; colloquially used to describe a person who is held in high regard. Ireland, UK, slang, uncountable

Verb

1. 1
   To allege; to assert. obsolete

   "Not onely he legeth his mercy to bynde his reason, but also his wysdome."

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname.

Synonyms

All synonyms

ledgebag

Example

More examples

"Not onely he legeth his mercy to bynde his reason, but also his wysdome."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Abbreviated from allege (“to assert”).

Etymology 2

Clipping of legend.

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