allege
verb
- claim (regarding criminal or other negative event)
- say without proof
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /əˈlɛd͡ʒ/
verb
Etymology: From Middle English alleggen, from Old French alegier, from Latin alleviāre (“lighten”), from ad + levis (“light”). Doublet of alleviate.
- To lighten, diminish.
“and suffir never your soveraynté to be alledged with your subjects,”
“Hart that is inly hurt, is greatly eased / With hope of thing, that may allegge his smart[…].”