[f. ALLEGE v.2 + -MENT.] The act of alleging, allegation, affirmation.

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1516.  Plumpton Corr., 217. The Counsell derecteth proses against them. Howbeyt, I made aledgment for your mastership.

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1634.  Sanderson, 21 Serm., Ad. Mag. iii. (1673), 284. They come to Samuel with many complaints and alledgments in their mouths.

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1660.  H. More, Myst. Godl., VII. iii. 280. The second Alledgement … is still more frivolous.

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1831.  Heidiger, Didoniad, II. 49. ‘Woman loves power,’ is a well-known allegement.

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