different between allege vs allee

English

Alternative forms

• alledg, alledge, allegge (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l?d?/
• Rhymes: -?d?

Etymology 1

From Middle English aleggen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman aleger, the form from Old French esligier (“to acquit”), from Medieval Latin *exl?tig?re (“to clear at law”), from Latin ex (“out”) + l?tig? (“sue at law”), the meaning from Old French alleguer, from Latin all?g?re, present active infinitive of all?g? (“send, depute; relate, mention, adduce”), from ad (“to”) + l?g? (“send”).

Verb

allege (third-person singular simple present alleges, present participle alleging, simple past and past participle alleged)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To state under oath, to plead.
2. (archaic) To cite or quote an author or his work for or against.
3. (transitive) To adduce (something) as a reason, excuse, support etc.
4. (transitive) To make a claim as justification or proof; to make an assertion without proof.

Related terms

• allegation
• privilege

Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old French alegier, from Latin allevi?re, present active infinitive of allevi? (“lighten”), from ad + levis (“light”). Doublet of alleviate.

Verb

allege (third-person singular simple present alleges, present participle alleging, simple past and past participle alleged)

1. (obsolete) To lighten, diminish.

   • 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 […].

See also

• Wikipedia article on "oath"

References

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “allege”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN

Further reading

• allege in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• allege in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Latin

Verb

allege

1. second-person singular present active imperative of alleg?

English

Alternative forms

• allée

Etymology

From French allée (“path”)

Noun

allee (plural allees)

1. A tree-lined avenue, often particularly one that is part of a landscaped garden.

Anagrams

• Leela

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??le?/
• Hyphenation: al?lee
• Rhymes: -e?

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French allez.

Alternative forms

• allé
• allez

Interjection

allee

1. (Belgium) come on

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French allée.

Noun

allee f (plural alleeën, diminutive alleetje n)

1. avenue, broad lane flanked by trees
2. (Belgium, architecture) landing (at upper floor of a house)

   Synonym: overloop

Middle English

Noun

allee

1. Alternative form of aley

Middle French

Noun

allee f (plural allees)

1. departure

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German allein, Dutch alleen, English alone.

Adjective

allee

1. alone

Adverb

allee

1. alone