allege, tall edge, alegge, aleyde

t. & i. [In Fr. alléguer = to allege, to cite; Sp. alegar; Port. allegar; Ital. allegare. From 158 Lat. allego, -avi = (1) to dispatch on private busine ; (2) ( later ) to adduce, to allege: ad to, and lego, avi to send as an amba ador, to appoint by will, .] A. Transitive : 1. To adduce as an authority, or plead as an excuse. no law of God or reason of man hath " -Hooker. hitherto been alleged of force sufficient to prove they do ill "If we forsake the ways of grace or goodne , we cannot allege any colour of ignorance or want of instruction; we cannot say we have not learned them, or we could not."-Bishop Sprat. 2. To affirm positively, to declare, to aver. [See v.i.] B. Intransitive: To a ert, to affirm positively, to aver. Mere negative evidence, they allege , can never satisfactorily establish the proposition." Cla if. of Mammal i a , p. 58.