lege

Etymology 1

noun

  1. (US, colloquial) Clipping of legislature.

Etymology 2

Abbreviated from allege (“to assert”).

verb

  1. (obsolete) To allege; to assert.
    Not onely he legeth his mercy to bynde his reason, but also his wysdome. 1508, John Fisher, Treatise concernynge ... the seven penytencyall Psalms
    To reson faste, and ledge auctoritie. c. 1360, Geoffrey Chaucer, Court of Love

Etymology 3

Clipping of legend.

noun

  1. (UK, Ireland, slang) A legend; colloquially used to describe a person who is held in high regard.

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