See Also: allege(1)(dictionary)
allege(2)(dictionary)
allege(dictionary)
Amendment To Allege Use(law)

allege(1) (iou)



allege verb2 trans.ME.
[Old French alegier from late Latin alleviare: see ALLEVIATE.]
Lighten (a person) of a burden. ME-L15.
Lighten (something); alleviate, diminish, (a burden, grief, pain); abate, repress. (Replaced by ALLAY verb1, some parts of the two verbs being formally identical in Middle English.) ME-L16.
Spenser The joyous time now nigheth fast, That shall alegge this bitter blast.