ALLEDGE', verb transitive [Latin allego, ad and lego, to send; Eng. lay.] 1. To declare; to affirm; to assert; to pronounce, with positiveness; as, to alledge a fact. 2. To produce as an argument, plea or excuse; to cite or quote; as, to alledge the authority of a judge.
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