− | :''allege'' - [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''alleggen'' to submit in [[evidence]] or as [[justification]], adduce, from Anglo-French ''aleger'', ''allegger'', probably in part modification of Medieval Latin ''allegare'', from [[Latin]], to send as a [[representative]], adduce in support of a [[plea]] (from ''ad''- + ''legare'' to depute), in part from Anglo-French ''aleger'' to lighten, [[free]], exculpate, from Late Latin ''alleviare'' to relieve | + | :''allege'' - [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''alleggen'' to submit in [[evidence]] or as [[justification]], adduce, from Anglo-French ''aleger'', ''allegger'', probably in part modification of Medieval Latin ''allegare'', from [[Latin]], to send as a [[representative]], adduce in support of a [[plea]] (from ''ad''- + ''legare'' to depute), in part from Anglo-French ''aleger'' to lighten, [[free]], exculpate, from Late Latin ''alleviare'' to relieve |