† allegementn.¹

Forms: late Middle English alegement, late Middle English aleggement, late Middle English leggement, late Middle English–1500s allegement, 1500s aleagement.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French allegement.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman aleggement, leggement, Anglo-Norman and Middle French alegement, allegement (French allégement ) alleviation, relief (12th cent. in Old French) < aleger allege v.² + -ment -ment suffix. Compare earlier allegeance n.¹, allege v.²

Obsolete.

The action of allege v.²; alleviation, mitigation. Also: an instance of this. Cf. allegeance n.¹

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [noun] > mitigation or alleviation

allegeancec1325

swaging1340

legeancec1390

mitigationa1400

swagea1400

allegementa1425

alleging?a1425

alleviation?a1425

lighteningc1425

queeming1440

allevation1502

soberinga1510

extenuation1542

assuagement1561

releasement1569

assuaging1580

assuage1596

mitification1607

allayment1609

palliation1813

soothing1847

the mind > emotion > pleasure > state of being consoled or relieved > [noun] > consolation or relief

lightingOE

leathc1175

comfort?c1225

solacec1290

lithec1300

comfortingc1320

allegeancec1325

swaging1340

froa1350

releasec1350

consolationc1374

legeancec1390

reliefa1393

comfortationa1400

leathinga1400

swagea1400

allegementa1425

alleviation?a1425

recreation?a1425

refrigery?a1425

lighteningc1425

recomfortc1425

mitigation?1435

recomforting1487

recreancea1500

allevation1502

easement1533

solacy1534

ease1542

cheer1549

assuagement1561

refreshing1561

easing1580

recomfortation1585

recomforture1595

assuage1596

allevement1599

mitification1607

allayment1609

solagement1609

levation1656

solacement1721

solation1757

soulagement1777

consolement1797

de-tension1949

de-tensioning1952

tea and sympathy1953

a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) (1891) l. 1890 A precious oynement..to yeue a leggement [Fr. alegement] Vpon the woundes.

c1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Tiber.) l. 22334 Oynementis..to don allegementis To ffolkes whiche that be not glade.

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. ccxxv^v/2 It dyd hym none alegement.

1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. evj/1 Grete alegement of tormente.

1560 W. Ward tr. G. Ruscelli 2nd Pt. Secretes Alexis of Piemont 142 The paine will decline awaie, and the patient shall feele greate allegement and ease, and shal be mery.

?1592 Trag. Solyman & Perseda sig. D2 Yet this is some aleagement to my sorrow.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

allegementn.²

Brit.

/əˈlɛdʒm(ə)nt/, U.S.

/əˈlɛdʒm(ə)nt/

Forms: see allege v.¹ and -ment suffix; also 1500s aledgment, 1600s alledgment.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: allege v.¹, -ment suffix.

Etymology: < allege v.¹ + -ment suffix. Compare Anglo-Norman alleggement (14th or 15th cent.), post-classical Latin allegamentum allegation, affirmation (1518). Compare earlier allegeance n.²

Now rare.

The action or practice of alleging something (in various senses of allege v.¹). Also: an instance of this; an allegation.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [noun]

allegationc1425

allegeancea1430

assertionc1449

predicationc1475

assertationa1535

asseveration1566

avouchment1574

avouching1580

allegement1594

avouchy1631

averment1633

vouchmenta1670

the mind > language > statement > assertion without proof > [noun]

allegationc1425

pretensionc1449

alleging1528

allegement1594

allegeancea1649

society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > accusation, allegation, or indictment > [noun] > a charge, accusation, or allegation

crimec1384

calla1400

allegation1402

advocacya1413

allegeancea1430

objection1440

surmise1451

charge1477

ditement1502

crimination1534

allegement1594

appeach1628

1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. G4^v Your alledgement of iniury had ben the greater, and my defence lesse authorised.

c1613 ( in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 217 The Counsell derecteth proses against them. Howbeyt, I made aledgment for your mastership.

1656 R. Sanderson 20 Serm. 376 They come to Samuel, with many complaints and alledgements in their mouthes.

1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness vii. iii. 280 The second Alledgement..is still more frivolous.

1790 T. Wilkinson Mem. Own Life I. 190 The landlord..waited on his next door neighbours..and informed them in full of this unfortunate alledgement of his Grace.

1799 Llewellin III. vi. 168 Each sentence wound up by an alledgement of centuries standing, that the present crisis was the most momentous ever known.

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

1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. II. 153 Their corroboration of my tale, Nowise disputing its allegements..Compels men to keep silence in this kind.

1891 Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago) 10 Feb. 6/1 A man..was first punished for a fault of which there was only the vague allegement of a single newspaper article.

1922 Jrnl. Negro Hist. 7 154 The printed allegements of leading unreconstructed Southerners.

2008 I. M. Banks Matter xii. 216 ‘And this thing is basically just a cloud?’ he asked. ‘It is, sir. Though it sticks together better than the clouds we're used to, and it is, by allegement, intelligent.’

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	allegement
释义	† allegementn.¹ Forms: late Middle English alegement, late Middle English aleggement, late Middle English leggement, late Middle English–1500s allegement, 1500s aleagement. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French allegement. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman aleggement, leggement, Anglo-Norman and Middle French alegement, allegement (French allégement ) alleviation, relief (12th cent. in Old French) < aleger allege v.² + -ment -ment suffix. Compare earlier allegeance n.¹, allege v.² Obsolete. The action of allege v.²; alleviation, mitigation. Also: an instance of this. Cf. allegeance n.¹ ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [noun] > mitigation or alleviation allegeancec1325 swaging1340 legeancec1390 mitigationa1400 swagea1400 allegementa1425 alleging?a1425 alleviation?a1425 lighteningc1425 queeming1440 allevation1502 soberinga1510 extenuation1542 assuagement1561 releasement1569 assuaging1580 assuage1596 mitification1607 allayment1609 palliation1813 soothing1847 the mind > emotion > pleasure > state of being consoled or relieved > [noun] > consolation or relief lightingOE leathc1175 comfort?c1225 solacec1290 solacec1290 lithec1300 comfortingc1320 allegeancec1325 swaging1340 froa1350 releasec1350 consolationc1374 legeancec1390 reliefa1393 comfortationa1400 leathinga1400 swagea1400 allegementa1425 alleviation?a1425 recreation?a1425 refrigery?a1425 lighteningc1425 recomfortc1425 mitigation?1435 recomforting1487 recreancea1500 allevation1502 easement1533 solacy1534 ease1542 cheer1549 assuagement1561 refreshing1561 easing1580 recomfortation1585 recomforture1595 assuage1596 allevement1599 mitification1607 allayment1609 solagement1609 levation1656 solacement1721 solation1757 soulagement1777 consolement1797 de-tension1949 de-tensioning1952 tea and sympathy1953 a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) (1891) l. 1890 A precious oynement..to yeue a leggement [Fr. alegement] Vpon the woundes. c1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Tiber.) l. 22334 Oynementis..to don allegementis To ffolkes whiche that be not glade. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. ccxxv^v/2 It dyd hym none alegement. 1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. evj/1 Grete alegement of tormente. 1560 W. Ward tr. G. Ruscelli 2nd Pt. Secretes Alexis of Piemont 142 The paine will decline awaie, and the patient shall feele greate allegement and ease, and shal be mery. ?1592 Trag. Solyman & Perseda sig. D2 Yet this is some aleagement to my sorrow. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2021). allegementn.² Brit. /əˈlɛdʒm(ə)nt/, U.S. /əˈlɛdʒm(ə)nt/ Forms: see allege v.¹ and -ment suffix; also 1500s aledgment, 1600s alledgment. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: allege v.¹, -ment suffix. Etymology: < allege v.¹ + -ment suffix. Compare Anglo-Norman alleggement (14th or 15th cent.), post-classical Latin allegamentum allegation, affirmation (1518). Compare earlier allegeance n.² Now rare. The action or practice of alleging something (in various senses of allege v.¹). Also: an instance of this; an allegation. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [noun] allegationc1425 allegeancea1430 assertionc1449 predicationc1475 assertationa1535 asseveration1566 avouchment1574 avouching1580 allegement1594 avouchy1631 averment1633 vouchmenta1670 the mind > language > statement > assertion without proof > [noun] allegationc1425 pretensionc1449 alleging1528 allegement1594 allegeancea1649 society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > accusation, allegation, or indictment > [noun] > a charge, accusation, or allegation crimec1384 calla1400 allegation1402 advocacya1413 allegeancea1430 objection1440 surmise1451 charge1477 ditement1502 crimination1534 allegement1594 appeach1628 1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. G4^v Your alledgement of iniury had ben the greater, and my defence lesse authorised. c1613 ( in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 217 The Counsell derecteth proses against them. Howbeyt, I made aledgment for your mastership. 1656 R. Sanderson 20 Serm. 376 They come to Samuel, with many complaints and alledgements in their mouthes. 1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness vii. iii. 280 The second Alledgement..is still more frivolous. 1790 T. Wilkinson Mem. Own Life I. 190 The landlord..waited on his next door neighbours..and informed them in full of this unfortunate alledgement of his Grace. 1799 Llewellin III. vi. 168 Each sentence wound up by an alledgement of centuries standing, that the present crisis was the most momentous ever known. 1831 P. Heidiger Didoniad ii. 49 ‘Woman loves power,’ is a well-known allegement. 1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. II. 153 Their corroboration of my tale, Nowise disputing its allegements..Compels men to keep silence in this kind. 1891 Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago) 10 Feb. 6/1 A man..was first punished for a fault of which there was only the vague allegement of a single newspaper article. 1922 Jrnl. Negro Hist. 7 154 The printed allegements of leading unreconstructed Southerners. 2008 I. M. Banks Matter xii. 216 ‘And this thing is basically just a cloud?’ he asked. ‘It is, sir. Though it sticks together better than the clouds we're used to, and it is, by allegement, intelligent.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.¹a1425n.²1594
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