Allege
Allege (al*lej") , transitive verb
[Old English aleggen to bring forward as evidence, Old French esligier to buy, prop. to free from legal difficulties, from an assumed Late Latin exlitigare; Latin ex + litigare to quarrel, sue (see Litigate). The word was confused with Latin allegare (see Allegation), and lex law. Compare Allay.]
1.
To bring forward with positiveness; to declare; to affirm; to assert; as, to allege a fact.
2.
To cite or quote; as, to allege the authority of a judge. [Archaic]
3.
To produce or urge as a reason, plea, or excuse; as, he refused to lend, alleging a resolution against lending.
Allege , transitive verb
[See Allay.]
To alleviate; to lighten, as a burden or a trouble. [Obsolete] — Wyclif