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Allege vs Alleged - What's the difference?

allege | alleged |

As verbs the difference between allege and alleged

is that allege is to lighten, diminish while alleged is past tense of allege.

As an adjective alleged is

contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; absurd; foolish.

allege

English

Alternative forms

* alledg (obsolete) * alledge (obsolete) * allegge (obsolete)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) alegier, from (etyl) .

Verb

(alleg)
  • (obsolete) To lighten, diminish.
  • *, Bk.V:
  • *:and suffir never your soveraynté to be alledged with your subjects, nother the soveraygne of your persone and londys.
  • *1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.ii:
  • Hart that is inly hurt, is greatly eased / With hope of thing, that may allegge his smart.

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) aleggen, from (etyl) aleger, the form from (etyl) esligier, from .

    Verb

    (alleg)
  • (obsolete) To state under oath, to plead.
  • (archaic) To cite or quote an author or his work for'' or ''against .
  • To adduce (something) as a reason, excuse, support etc.
  • *, I.39:
  • I will further alleage a storieto make us palpably feele his naturall condition.
  • To make a claim as justification or proof; to make an assertion without proof.
  • See also

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    References

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    alleged

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (allege)
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; absurd; foolish
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