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English
Verb
alledge (third-person singular simple present alledges, present participle alledging, simple past and past participle alledged)
- Obsolete spelling of allege.
1726 October 28, , “The Author’s Oeconomy and Happy Life among the Houyhnhnms. ”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. , volume II, London: Benj Motte, , →OCLC, part IV (A Voyage to the Houyhnhnms), page 308: they alledged, That becauſe I had ſome Rudiments of Reaſon, added to the natural pravity of thoſe Animals, it was to be feared, I might be able to ſeduce them into the woody and mountainous parts of the Country, and bring them in Troops by night to deſtroy the Houyhnhnms Cattle, as being naturally of the ravenous kind, and averſe from Labour.
Usage notes
- This was once the prevailing spelling. Compare abridge.
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