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Al`le*ga"tion (&?;), n. [L. allegatio, fr. allegare, allegatum, to send a message, cite; later, to free by giving reasons; ad + legare to send, commission. Cf. Allege and Adlegation.] 1. The act of alleging or positively asserting.

2. That which is alleged, asserted, or declared; positive assertion; formal averment

I thought their allegation but reasonable. Steele.

3. (Law) A statement by a party of what he undertakes to prove, -- usually applied to each separate averment; the charge or matter undertaken to be proved.

Al*lege" (l*lj"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Alleged (-ljd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Alleging.] [OE. aleggen to bring forward as evidence, OF. esligier to buy, prop. to free from legal difficulties, fr. an assumed LL. exlitigare; L. ex + litigare to quarrel, sue (see Litigate). The word was confused with L. allegare (see Allegation), and lex law. Cf. 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.

Syn. -- To bring forward; adduce; advance; assign; produce; declare; affirm; assert; aver; predicate.

Al*lege", v. t. [See Allay.] To alleviate; to lighten, as a burden or a trouble. [Obs.] Wyclif.

Al*lege"a*ble (&?;), a. Capable of being alleged or affirmed.

The most authentic examples allegeable in the case. South.

Al*lege"ance (&?;), n. Allegation. [Obs.]

Al*lege"ment (&?;), n. Allegation. [Obs.]

With many complaints and allegements. Bp. Sanderson.

Al*leg"er (&?;), n. One who affirms or declares.

Al*legge" (&?;), v. t. See Alegge and Allay. [Obs.]

Al*le"giance (&?;), n. [OE. alegeaunce; pref. a- + OF. lige, liege. The meaning was influenced by L. ligare to bind, and even by lex, legis, law. See Liege, Ligeance.] 1. The tie or obligation, implied or expressed, which a subject owes to his sovereign or government; the duty of fidelity to one's king, government, or state.

2. Devotion; loyalty; as, allegiance to science.

Syn. -- Loyalty; fealty. -- Allegiance, Loyalty. These words agree in expressing the general idea of fidelity and attachment to the "powers that be." Allegiance is an obligation to a ruling power. Loyalty is a feeling or sentiment towards such power. Allegiance may exist under any form of government, and, in a republic, we generally speak of allegiance to the government, to the state, etc. In well conducted monarchies, loyalty is a warm-hearted feeling of fidelity and obedience to the sovereign. It is personal in its nature; and hence we speak of the loyalty of a wife to her husband, not of her allegiance. In cases where we personify, loyalty is more commonly the word used; as, loyalty to the constitution; loyalty to the cause of virtue; loyalty to truth and religion, etc.

Hear me, recreant, on thine allegiance hear me! Shak.

So spake the Seraph Abdiel, faithful found, . . . Unshaken, unseduced, unterrified, His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal. Milton.

Al*le"giant (&?;), a. Loyal. Shak.

{ Al`le*gor"ic (&?;), Al`le*gor"ic*al (&?;), } a. [F. allégorique, L. allegorius, fr. Gr. &?;. See Allegory.] Belonging to, or consisting of, allegory; of the nature of an allegory; describing by resemblances; figurative. "An allegoric tale." Falconer. "An allegorical application." Pope.

Allegorical being . . . that kind of language which says one thing, but means another. Max Miller.

Al`le*gor"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Al`le*gor"ic*al*ness, n.

Al"le*go*rist (&?;), n. [Cf. F. allegoriste.] One who allegorizes; a writer of allegory. Hume.

Al`le*gor"i*za"tion (&?;), n. The act of turning into allegory, or of understanding in an allegorical sense.

Al"le*go*rize (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Allegorized (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Allegorizing.] [Cf. F. allégoriser, fr. L. allegorizare.] 1. To form or turn into allegory; as, to allegorize the history of a people.