Obs. Form: 4 alegge. [ad. L. allēgā-re to dispatch to, f. ad- = al- to + lēgāre to dispatch, send.] In the phr. To allege prayer (= L. allēgāre preces): to address prayer.
1382. Wyclif, Wisd. xviii. 21. A man … bi encens preȝing aleggyng, withstod to the wrathe [1388 He aleggide preier].
