Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
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allay and allege.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To allay or alleviate; to lighten.
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- verb obsolete, transitive To
allay oralleviate ; tolighten .
Etymologies
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Old French alegier (French: alléger), from Late Latin allevio. Compare alleviate.
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