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to allege in excuse

  • 1 excūsō

        excūsō āvī, ātus, āre    [ex +*causo; 1 CAV-] —With pers. obj., to excuse, make an excuse for: Atticae me: se de consilio, Cs.: me apud Apuleium: ut excuser morbi causā: si iudex excusetur Areopagites esse, pleads as his excuse: dixi, cur excusatus abirem, H.: Titium excusavit, quod, etc.: cognatione Licini se, L.: verba excusantia, apologies, O.— To excuse, apologize for: Varroni tarditatem litterarum: missos ignīs, O.— To allege in excuse, plead, excuse oneself with: propinquitatem: inopiam, Cs.: verba excusandae valetudini solita, L.: Philippo laborem, H.— To decline, refuse, excuse the refusal of: reditum Agrippinae ob hiemem, Ta.: in cognitionibus se (iudices), Ta.: alcui rei excusari, to be relieved of, Ta.
    * * *
    excusare, excusavi, excusatus V TRANS
    excuse/justify/explain; make excuse for/plead as excuse; allege; absolve/exempt

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  • 2 praetendo

    prae-tendo, di, tum ( part. praetensus, Anthol. Lat. 3, 168, 5), 3, v. a., to stretch forth or forward, to extend (syn. obtendo).
    I.
    Lit.:

    praetenta Tela,

    stretched forth, presented, Ov. M. 8, 341: propagines e vitibus altius praetentos, shooting forth, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 10, 15, 13: ubi visum in culice natura praetendit? set out, stationed (i. e. extendit, et posuit in anteriore oris parte), Plin. 11, 1, 2, § 2.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To spread before or in front:

    membrana, quae praecordia appellant, quia cordi praetenditur,

    Plin. 11, 37, 77, § 197; 9, 6, 5, § 15.—
    2.
    To spread, draw, hold, or place a thing before another:

    segeti praetendere saepem,

    Verg. G. 1, 270:

    vestem tumidis praetendit ocellis,

    holds before, Ov. Am. 3, 6, 79:

    ramum praetendit olivae,

    holds out, Verg. A. 8, 116:

    fumosque manu praetende sequaces,

    id. G. 4, 230:

    decreto sermonem,

    to prefix, Liv. 3, 47:

    quicquid castrorum Armeniis praetenditur,

    Tac. H. 2, 6:

    ut adnexa classis et pugnae parata conversā et minaci fronte praetenderetur,

    id. ib. 2, 14.—
    b.
    Of places: praetendi, to stretch out before or in front of, to lie over against or opposite to ( poet. and post - Aug.;

    once in Liv.): praetentaque Syrtibus arva,

    Verg. A. 6, 60:

    tenue litus praetentum,

    Liv. 10, 2, 5:

    Armeniae praetentus Iber,

    Val. Fl. 5, 167:

    gens nostris provinciis late praetenta,

    Tac. A. 2, 56:

    Baeticae latere septentrionali praetenditur Lusitania,

    Plin. 3, 1, 2, § 6: a tergo praetendantur Aethiopes, id. 5, 9, 9, § 48; 6, 27, 31, § 134:

    Dardanis laevo Triballi praetenduntur,

    id. 4, 1, 1, § 3:

    extremis legio praetenta Britannis, i. e. opposita custodiae causa,

    Claud. B. Get. 416.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To hold out or bring forward as an excuse, to allege, pretend, simulate (syn.:

    causor, praetexo): hominis doctissimi nomen tuis immanibus et barbaris moribus (soles) praetendere,

    to allege in excuse for, Cic. Vatin. 6, 14:

    praetendens culpae splendida verba tuae,

    Ov. R. Am. 240:

    legem postulationi suae praetendere,

    Liv. 3, 45, 1:

    quid honestum dictu saltem seditioni praetenditur muliebri?

    id. 34, 3, 8:

    meminisse, quem titulum praetenderitis adversus Philippum,

    id. 37, 54, 13:

    decem legatorum decretum calumniae inpudentissimae,

    id. 39, 28, 11: vultum, et tristitiam, et dissentientem a ceteris habitum pessimis moribus praetendebant, Quint. prooem. § 15; Plin. Ep. 4, 16, 3:

    ignorantia praetendi non potest,

    Quint. 7, 1, 35:

    haec a se factitari praetendebat,

    Tac. A. 6, 18:

    praetendere fessam aetatem et actos labores,

    id. ib. 3, 59; Flor. 3, 5, 3:

    plebeiam facie tenus praetendens humanitatem,

    App. M. 10, 23, p. 250, 9.—
    B.
    To put forward, hold out, allege, assert a thing:

    nec conjugis umquam Praetendi taedas,

    I never pretended to be your husband, Verg. A. 4, 338:

    debitum,

    to demand a debt, sue for payment of a debt, Dig. 2, 14, 9.

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  • 3 excuso

    ex-cūso ( excuss-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [causa; cf. accuso, from ad-causa; qs. to release from a charge, to free from blame; hence], to excuse a person or thing.
    I.
    Lit.
    (α).
    With a personal object, aliquem alicui:

    Atticae meae velim me ita excuses, ut omnem culpam in te transferas,

    Cic. Att. 15, 28; cf.:

    aliquem alicui per litteras,

    id. Fam. 11, 15, 1; and:

    his omnibus me vehementer excusatum volo,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 40, § 103.—With quod:

    Titium excusavit Vespa Terentius, quod eum brachium fregisse diceret,

    id. de Or. 2, 62, 253:

    Libo excusat Bibulum, quod is, etc.,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 16, 3:

    primum me tibi excuso in eo ipso, in quo te accuso,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 1:

    se de aliqua re,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 22, 1:

    de me excusando apud Apuleium, dederam ad te litteras,

    Cic. Att. 12, 14, 1:

    se alicui,

    Plaut. As. 4, 2, 4; Quint. 4, 1, 75 et saep.—In pass.:

    cura, ut excuser morbi causa in dies singulos,

    Cic. Att. 12, 13, 2: si citatus judex non responderit excuseturque Areopagites esse, etc., excuses himself as being, etc., id. Phil. 5, 5, 14:

    dixi, cur excusatus abirem,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 7:

    apud Appuleium in dies ut excuser videbis,

    Cic. Att. 12, 15, 1:

    me excusatum esse apud Appuleium a Laterense,

    id. ib. 12, 17, 1.—
    (β).
    With inanim. or abstr. objects, to excuse, apologize for:

    Varroni memineris excusare tarditatem litterarum mearum,

    Cic. Att. 15, 26 fin.:

    habitum permutatum,

    Quint. 3, 7, 6:

    palliolum, fascias, etc. (sola valetudo),

    id. 11, 3, 144:

    commentarios,

    id. 10, 7, 31:

    missos ignes,

    Ov. M. 2, 397;

    dolorem,

    id. ib. 4, 256:

    toros,

    Stat. Th. 2, 256:

    reditum Agrippinae ob imminentem partum et hiemem,

    her not returning, Tac. A. 1, 44.
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Aliquid (alicui), i. q. se propter aliquid, to allege in excuse, to plead as an excuse, to excuse one's self with.
    (α).
    With acc.:

    propinquitatem excusavit,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 1, 1:

    morbum,

    id. ib. 9, 4, 8:

    inopiam (with calamitatem queri),

    Caes. B. C. 3, 20, 3:

    valetudinem,

    Liv. 6, 22 fin.:

    imbecillitatem,

    Suet. Tib. 6:

    vires,

    Ov. M. 14, 462:

    diversa,

    Tac. A. 3, 11 et saep.:

    ille Philippo Excusare laborem et mercenaria vincla, Quod non mane domum venisset, etc.,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 67:

    dictatorem se apud patres excusare solitum,

    Liv. 6, 39, 4:

    aliquid apud aliquem,

    Curt. 5, 10, 8; Suet. Tib. 68.— Pass.:

    quae apud Vitellium excusanda erant,

    Tac. H. 2, 85:

    excusata necessitas praesentium,

    id. ib. 1, 78:

    excusata rei familiaris mediocritate,

    Suet. Aug. 101:

    excusatus languor faucium, propter quem non adesset,

    id. Ner. 41 et saep.—
    (β).
    With an object-clause:

    si prehensi sumus, excusemus, ebrios Nos fecisse, etc.,

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 19 (but in id. Merc. 2, 3, 126, the correct reading is incusato, v. Ritschl ad h. l.): excusanti, minus datum ad occultandam facinoris invidiam, Suet. Ner. 33; id. Aug. 69.—
    B.
    Aliquem ab aliqua re, aliqua re, or alicui rei, to excuse, absolve one from any thing; to discharge, dispense with one (postAug.):

    a coepta (tutela) excusari,

    Dig. 27, 1, 11:

    collegarum filiorum tutela excusari,

    ib. 9; cf. Ambros. in Psa. 1, § 46:

    cui excusari mallet,

    Tac. A. 1. 12; Vulg. Luc. 14, 19. But (class.):

    se de aliqua re: legati venerunt, qui se de superioris temporis consilio excusarent, quod, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 22, 1.—
    C.
    Se ab aliqua re, to shelter, protect one's self from any thing (post-class.):

    ut invicom se a calore excusent (plantae),

    Pall. Nov. 7, 2. —Hence,
    D.
    Aliquid aliqua re, to compensate, atone for any thing (post-Aug. and rare):

    nefas armis,

    Claud. de Bell. Get. 562; Stat. Th. 6, 44; Plin. Pan. 32, 4.—Hence, excūsātus, a, um, P. a., excused (postAug. and rare):

    hoc et ego excusatior, si forte sum lapsus, et tu dignior laude,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 14, 11; 4, 5, 4:

    excusatissimus essem, etiamsi, etc.,

    Sen. Const. Sap. 29.— Adv.: excūsātē, without blame, excusably:

    fieri id videtur excusate,

    Quint. 2, 1, 13.— Comp.:

    quod exoratus excusatius facies,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 21, 3; Tac. A. 3, 68; Just. 32, 2.

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  • 4 excusso

    ex-cūso ( excuss-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [causa; cf. accuso, from ad-causa; qs. to release from a charge, to free from blame; hence], to excuse a person or thing.
    I.
    Lit.
    (α).
    With a personal object, aliquem alicui:

    Atticae meae velim me ita excuses, ut omnem culpam in te transferas,

    Cic. Att. 15, 28; cf.:

    aliquem alicui per litteras,

    id. Fam. 11, 15, 1; and:

    his omnibus me vehementer excusatum volo,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 40, § 103.—With quod:

    Titium excusavit Vespa Terentius, quod eum brachium fregisse diceret,

    id. de Or. 2, 62, 253:

    Libo excusat Bibulum, quod is, etc.,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 16, 3:

    primum me tibi excuso in eo ipso, in quo te accuso,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 1:

    se de aliqua re,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 22, 1:

    de me excusando apud Apuleium, dederam ad te litteras,

    Cic. Att. 12, 14, 1:

    se alicui,

    Plaut. As. 4, 2, 4; Quint. 4, 1, 75 et saep.—In pass.:

    cura, ut excuser morbi causa in dies singulos,

    Cic. Att. 12, 13, 2: si citatus judex non responderit excuseturque Areopagites esse, etc., excuses himself as being, etc., id. Phil. 5, 5, 14:

    dixi, cur excusatus abirem,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 7:

    apud Appuleium in dies ut excuser videbis,

    Cic. Att. 12, 15, 1:

    me excusatum esse apud Appuleium a Laterense,

    id. ib. 12, 17, 1.—
    (β).
    With inanim. or abstr. objects, to excuse, apologize for:

    Varroni memineris excusare tarditatem litterarum mearum,

    Cic. Att. 15, 26 fin.:

    habitum permutatum,

    Quint. 3, 7, 6:

    palliolum, fascias, etc. (sola valetudo),

    id. 11, 3, 144:

    commentarios,

    id. 10, 7, 31:

    missos ignes,

    Ov. M. 2, 397;

    dolorem,

    id. ib. 4, 256:

    toros,

    Stat. Th. 2, 256:

    reditum Agrippinae ob imminentem partum et hiemem,

    her not returning, Tac. A. 1, 44.
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Aliquid (alicui), i. q. se propter aliquid, to allege in excuse, to plead as an excuse, to excuse one's self with.
    (α).
    With acc.:

    propinquitatem excusavit,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 1, 1:

    morbum,

    id. ib. 9, 4, 8:

    inopiam (with calamitatem queri),

    Caes. B. C. 3, 20, 3:

    valetudinem,

    Liv. 6, 22 fin.:

    imbecillitatem,

    Suet. Tib. 6:

    vires,

    Ov. M. 14, 462:

    diversa,

    Tac. A. 3, 11 et saep.:

    ille Philippo Excusare laborem et mercenaria vincla, Quod non mane domum venisset, etc.,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 67:

    dictatorem se apud patres excusare solitum,

    Liv. 6, 39, 4:

    aliquid apud aliquem,

    Curt. 5, 10, 8; Suet. Tib. 68.— Pass.:

    quae apud Vitellium excusanda erant,

    Tac. H. 2, 85:

    excusata necessitas praesentium,

    id. ib. 1, 78:

    excusata rei familiaris mediocritate,

    Suet. Aug. 101:

    excusatus languor faucium, propter quem non adesset,

    id. Ner. 41 et saep.—
    (β).
    With an object-clause:

    si prehensi sumus, excusemus, ebrios Nos fecisse, etc.,

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 19 (but in id. Merc. 2, 3, 126, the correct reading is incusato, v. Ritschl ad h. l.): excusanti, minus datum ad occultandam facinoris invidiam, Suet. Ner. 33; id. Aug. 69.—
    B.
    Aliquem ab aliqua re, aliqua re, or alicui rei, to excuse, absolve one from any thing; to discharge, dispense with one (postAug.):

    a coepta (tutela) excusari,

    Dig. 27, 1, 11:

    collegarum filiorum tutela excusari,

    ib. 9; cf. Ambros. in Psa. 1, § 46:

    cui excusari mallet,

    Tac. A. 1. 12; Vulg. Luc. 14, 19. But (class.):

    se de aliqua re: legati venerunt, qui se de superioris temporis consilio excusarent, quod, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 22, 1.—
    C.
    Se ab aliqua re, to shelter, protect one's self from any thing (post-class.):

    ut invicom se a calore excusent (plantae),

    Pall. Nov. 7, 2. —Hence,
    D.
    Aliquid aliqua re, to compensate, atone for any thing (post-Aug. and rare):

    nefas armis,

    Claud. de Bell. Get. 562; Stat. Th. 6, 44; Plin. Pan. 32, 4.—Hence, excūsātus, a, um, P. a., excused (postAug. and rare):

    hoc et ego excusatior, si forte sum lapsus, et tu dignior laude,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 14, 11; 4, 5, 4:

    excusatissimus essem, etiamsi, etc.,

    Sen. Const. Sap. 29.— Adv.: excūsātē, without blame, excusably:

    fieri id videtur excusate,

    Quint. 2, 1, 13.— Comp.:

    quod exoratus excusatius facies,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 21, 3; Tac. A. 3, 68; Just. 32, 2.

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  • 5 causor

        causor ātus, ārī, dep.    [causa], to allege as a reason, make a pretext of, plead, pretend: omnia Visaque, O.: locum inmeritum, H.: animi perturbationem, L.: negotia, Ta.: numquid causare quin abeas victus? have you anything to plead? causatus consulere velle, pretending, L.: Causando in longum ducis amores, you make pretexts for putting off, V.
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    causari, causatus sum V DEP
    allege an excuse/reason, object; excuse oneself; plead a cause, bring action

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  • 6 caussor

    caussari, caussatus sum V DEP
    allege an excuse/reason, object; excuse oneself; plead a cause, bring action

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  • 7 praetendo

    praetendere, praetendi, praetentus V
    stretch out; spread before; extend in front; allege in excuse

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  • 8 excusso

    excussare, excussavi, excussatus V TRANS
    excuse/justify/explain; make excuse for/plead as excuse; allege; absolve/exempt

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  • 9 adfero

    af-fĕro (better adf-), attŭli (adt-, better att-), allātum (adl-), afferre (adf-), v. a.; constr. aliquid ad aliquem or alicui.
    I.
    In gen., to bring, take, carry or convey a thing to a place (of portable things, while adducere denotes the leading or conducting of men, animals, etc.), lit. and trop.
    A.
    Lit.:

    lumen,

    Enn. Ann. 1, 40:

    viginti minas,

    Plaut. As. 1, 3, 78; 1, 3, 87 al.:

    adtuli hunc.—Quid, adtulisti?—Adduxi volui dicere,

    id. Ps. 2, 4, 21:

    tandem bruma nives adfert,

    Lucr. 5, 746: adlatus est acipenser, Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12:

    adfer huc scyphos,

    Hor. Epod. 9, 33:

    nuces,

    Juv. 5, 144:

    cibum pede ad rostrum veluti manu,

    Plin. 10, 46, 63, § 129:

    pauxillum aquae,

    Vulg. Gen. 18, 4:

    caput ejus,

    ib. Marc. 6, 28.—With de in part. sense:

    adferte nobis de fructibus terrae,

    Vulg. Num. 13, 21; ib. Joan. 21, 10 (as lit. rendering of the Greek).—So of letters:

    adferre litteras, ad aliquem or alicui,

    Cic. Att. 8, 6; id. Imp. Pomp. 2; Liv. 22, 11 al.: adferre se ad aliquem locum, to betake one's self to a place, to go or come to (opp. auferre se ab aliquo, to withdraw from, to leave, only poet.):

    huc me adfero,

    Plaut. Am. 3, 4, 6; Ter. And. 4, 5, 12 Bentl.:

    Fatis huc te poscentibus adfers,

    Verg. A. 8, 477:

    sese a moenibus,

    id. ib. 3, 345.—So pass. adferri:

    urbem adferimur,

    are driven, come, Verg. A. 7, 217;

    and adferre pedem: abite illuc, unde malum pedem adtulistis,

    id. Cat. 14, 21.— To bring near, extend, = porrigo (eccl. Lat.):

    adfer manum tuam,

    reach hither, Vulg. Joan. 20, 27.—
    B.
    Trop., to bring to, upon, in a good or bad sense.
    (α).
    In bon. part.:

    pacem ad vos adfero,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 32:

    hic Stoicus genus sermonum adfert non liquidum,

    i.e. makes use of, Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 159:

    nihil ostentationis aut imitationis adferre,

    id. ib. 3, 12, 45:

    non minus adferret ad dicendum auctoritatis quam facultatis,

    id. Mur. 2, 4:

    consulatum in familiam,

    id. Phil. 9, 2:

    animum vacuum ad scribendas res difficiles,

    id. Att. 12, 38:

    tibi benedictionem,

    Vulg. Gen. 33, 11:

    Domino gloriam,

    ib. 1 Par. 16, 28; ib. Apoc. 21, 26: ignominiam, ib. Osee, 4, 18.—
    (β).
    In mal. part.:

    bellum in patriam,

    Ov. M. 12, 5:

    nisi etiam illuc pervenerint (canes), ut in dominum adferant dentes,

    to use their teeth against their master, Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 9:

    adferam super eos mala,

    Vulg. Jer. 23, 12:

    Quam accusationem adfertis adversus hominem hunc?

    id. Joan. 18, 29: quod gustatum adfert mortem, ib. Job, 6, 6: vim adferre alicui for inferre, to use force against or offer violence to one, Cic. Phil. 2, 7; id. Verr. 2, 1, 26; Liv. 9, 16; 42, 29 Drak.; Ov. H. 17, 21 Heins.; id. A. A. 1, 679; Suet. Oth. 12 al.: manus adferre alicui, in a bad sense, to lay hands on, attack, assail (opp.:

    manus abstinere ab aliquo): pro re quisque manus adfert (sc. ad pugnam),

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26:

    domino a familiā suā manus adlatas esse,

    id. Quint. 27:

    intellegimus eum detrudi, cui manus adferuntur,

    id. Caecin. 17:

    qui sit improbissimus, manus ei adferantur, effodiantur oculi,

    id. Rep. 3, 17 Creuz. al.: sibi manus, to lay hands on one's self, to commit suicide: Qui quidem manus, quas justius in Lepidi perniciem animāsset, sibi adferre conatus est, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23.—Also of things: manus templo, to rob or plunder, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 18:

    bonis alienis,

    id. Off. 2, 15:

    manus suis vulneribus,

    to tear open, id. Att. 3, 15 (a little before:

    ne rescindam ipse dolorem meum): manus beneficio suo,

    to nullify, render worthless, Sen. Ben. 2, 5 ext. —
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    To bring, bear, or carry a thing, as news, to report, announce, inform, publish; constr. alicui or ad aliquem aliquid, or acc. with inf. (class.;

    in the histt., esp. in Livy, very freq.): ea adferam eaque ut nuntiem, etc.,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 9:

    istud quod adfers, aures exspectant meae,

    id. As. 2, 2, 65; Ter. Phorm. prol. 22:

    calamitas tanta fuit, ut eam non ex proelio nuntius, sed ex sermone rumor adferret,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 25:

    si ei subito sit adlatum periculum patriae,

    id. Off. 1, 43, 154:

    nihil novi ad nos adferebatur,

    id. Fam. 2, 14; id. Att. 6, 8: rumores, qui de me adferuntur, Cic. Fil. ap. Cic. Fam. 16, 21:

    Caelium ad illam adtulisse, se aurum quaerere,

    id. Cael. 24; so id. Fam. 5, 2 al.:

    magnum enim, quod adferebant, videbatur,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 15 Dint.:

    cum crebri adferrent nuntii, male rem gerere Darium,

    Nep. 3, 3:

    haud vana adtulere,

    Liv. 4, 37; 6, 31:

    exploratores missi adtulerunt quieta omnia apud Gallos esse,

    id. 8, 17 Drak.:

    per idem tempus rebellāsse Etruscos adlatum est,

    word was brought, id. 10, 45 al.:

    idem ex Hispaniā adlatum,

    Tac. H. 1, 76:

    esse, qui magnum nescio quid adferret,

    Suet. Dom. 16; Luc. 1, 475:

    scelus adtulit umbris,

    Val. Fl. 3, 172 al. —So of instruction: doctrinam, Vulg. prol. Eccli.; ib. 2 Joan. 10.—
    B.
    To bring a thing on one, i.e. to cause, occasion, effect, give, impart; esp. of states of mind:

    aegritudinem alicui,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 2:

    alicui molestiam,

    id. Hec. 3, 2, 9:

    populo Romano pacem, tranquillitatem, otium, concordiam,

    Cic. Mur. 1:

    alicui multas lacrimas, magnam cladem,

    id. N. D. 2, 3, 7:

    ipsa detractio molestiae consecutionem adfert voluptatis,

    id. Fin. 1, 11, 37; so,

    adferre auctoritatem et fidem orationi,

    id. Phil. 12, 7:

    metum,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 25:

    dolorem,

    id. Sull. 1:

    luctum et egestatem,

    id. Rosc. Am. 5:

    consolationem,

    id. Att. 10, 4:

    delectationem,

    id. Fam. 7, 1 al.:

    detrimentum,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 82:

    taedium,

    Plin. 15, 2, 3, § 7:

    dolorem capitis,

    id. 23, 1, 18:

    gaudium,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 2, 1 al. —
    C.
    To bring forwards, allege, assert, adduce, as an excuse, reason, etc.:

    quam causam adferam?

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 23:

    justas causas adfers,

    Cic. Att. 11, 15;

    also without causa: rationes quoque, cur hoc ita sit, adferendas puto,

    id. Fin. 5, 10, 27; cf. id. Fam. 4, 13:

    idque me non ad meam defensionem adtulisse,

    id. Caecin. 29, 85:

    ad ea, quae dixi, adfer, si quid habes,

    id. Att. 7: nihil igitur adferunt, qui in re gerendā versari senectutem negant, they bring forwards nothing to the purpose, who, etc., id. Sen. 6; id. de Or. 2, 53, 215:

    quid enim poterit dicere?... an aetatem adferet?

    i. e. as an excuse, id. ib. 2, 89, 364.—Also absol.:

    Quid sit enim corpus sentire, quis adferet umquam...?

    will bring forwards an explanation, Lucr. 3, 354 (cf. reddo absol. in same sense, id. 1, 566):

    et, cur credam, adferre possum,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 29, 70; 3, 23, 55.—
    D.
    Adferre aliquid = conducere, conferre aliquid, to contribute any thing to a definite object, to be useful in any thing, to help, assist; constr. with ad, with dat., or absol.:

    quam ad rem magnum adtulimus adjumentum hominibus nostris,

    Cic. Off. 1, 1:

    negat Epicurus diuturnitatem temporis ad beate vivendum aliquid adferre,

    id. Fin. 2, 27, 87:

    quidquid ad rem publicam adtulimus, si modo aliquid adtulimus,

    id. Off. 1, 44, 155:

    illa praesidia non adferunt oratori aliquid, ne, etc.,

    id. Mil. 1: aliquid adtulimus etiam nos, id. Planc. 10, 24:

    quid enim oves aliud adferunt, nisi, etc.,

    id. N. D. 2, 63.—
    E.
    Very rare in class. period, to bring forth as a product, to yield, bear, produce, = fero:

    agri fertiles, qui multo plus adferunt, quam acceperunt,

    Cic. Off. 1, 15:

    herbam adferentem semen,

    Vulg. Gen. 1, 29:

    arva non adferent cibum,

    ib. Hab. 3, 17: lignum adtulit fructum, ib. Joel, 2, 22; ib. Apoc. 22, 2:

    ager fructum,

    ib. Luc. 12, 16 al.

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  • 10 affero

    af-fĕro (better adf-), attŭli (adt-, better att-), allātum (adl-), afferre (adf-), v. a.; constr. aliquid ad aliquem or alicui.
    I.
    In gen., to bring, take, carry or convey a thing to a place (of portable things, while adducere denotes the leading or conducting of men, animals, etc.), lit. and trop.
    A.
    Lit.:

    lumen,

    Enn. Ann. 1, 40:

    viginti minas,

    Plaut. As. 1, 3, 78; 1, 3, 87 al.:

    adtuli hunc.—Quid, adtulisti?—Adduxi volui dicere,

    id. Ps. 2, 4, 21:

    tandem bruma nives adfert,

    Lucr. 5, 746: adlatus est acipenser, Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12:

    adfer huc scyphos,

    Hor. Epod. 9, 33:

    nuces,

    Juv. 5, 144:

    cibum pede ad rostrum veluti manu,

    Plin. 10, 46, 63, § 129:

    pauxillum aquae,

    Vulg. Gen. 18, 4:

    caput ejus,

    ib. Marc. 6, 28.—With de in part. sense:

    adferte nobis de fructibus terrae,

    Vulg. Num. 13, 21; ib. Joan. 21, 10 (as lit. rendering of the Greek).—So of letters:

    adferre litteras, ad aliquem or alicui,

    Cic. Att. 8, 6; id. Imp. Pomp. 2; Liv. 22, 11 al.: adferre se ad aliquem locum, to betake one's self to a place, to go or come to (opp. auferre se ab aliquo, to withdraw from, to leave, only poet.):

    huc me adfero,

    Plaut. Am. 3, 4, 6; Ter. And. 4, 5, 12 Bentl.:

    Fatis huc te poscentibus adfers,

    Verg. A. 8, 477:

    sese a moenibus,

    id. ib. 3, 345.—So pass. adferri:

    urbem adferimur,

    are driven, come, Verg. A. 7, 217;

    and adferre pedem: abite illuc, unde malum pedem adtulistis,

    id. Cat. 14, 21.— To bring near, extend, = porrigo (eccl. Lat.):

    adfer manum tuam,

    reach hither, Vulg. Joan. 20, 27.—
    B.
    Trop., to bring to, upon, in a good or bad sense.
    (α).
    In bon. part.:

    pacem ad vos adfero,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 32:

    hic Stoicus genus sermonum adfert non liquidum,

    i.e. makes use of, Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 159:

    nihil ostentationis aut imitationis adferre,

    id. ib. 3, 12, 45:

    non minus adferret ad dicendum auctoritatis quam facultatis,

    id. Mur. 2, 4:

    consulatum in familiam,

    id. Phil. 9, 2:

    animum vacuum ad scribendas res difficiles,

    id. Att. 12, 38:

    tibi benedictionem,

    Vulg. Gen. 33, 11:

    Domino gloriam,

    ib. 1 Par. 16, 28; ib. Apoc. 21, 26: ignominiam, ib. Osee, 4, 18.—
    (β).
    In mal. part.:

    bellum in patriam,

    Ov. M. 12, 5:

    nisi etiam illuc pervenerint (canes), ut in dominum adferant dentes,

    to use their teeth against their master, Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 9:

    adferam super eos mala,

    Vulg. Jer. 23, 12:

    Quam accusationem adfertis adversus hominem hunc?

    id. Joan. 18, 29: quod gustatum adfert mortem, ib. Job, 6, 6: vim adferre alicui for inferre, to use force against or offer violence to one, Cic. Phil. 2, 7; id. Verr. 2, 1, 26; Liv. 9, 16; 42, 29 Drak.; Ov. H. 17, 21 Heins.; id. A. A. 1, 679; Suet. Oth. 12 al.: manus adferre alicui, in a bad sense, to lay hands on, attack, assail (opp.:

    manus abstinere ab aliquo): pro re quisque manus adfert (sc. ad pugnam),

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26:

    domino a familiā suā manus adlatas esse,

    id. Quint. 27:

    intellegimus eum detrudi, cui manus adferuntur,

    id. Caecin. 17:

    qui sit improbissimus, manus ei adferantur, effodiantur oculi,

    id. Rep. 3, 17 Creuz. al.: sibi manus, to lay hands on one's self, to commit suicide: Qui quidem manus, quas justius in Lepidi perniciem animāsset, sibi adferre conatus est, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23.—Also of things: manus templo, to rob or plunder, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 18:

    bonis alienis,

    id. Off. 2, 15:

    manus suis vulneribus,

    to tear open, id. Att. 3, 15 (a little before:

    ne rescindam ipse dolorem meum): manus beneficio suo,

    to nullify, render worthless, Sen. Ben. 2, 5 ext. —
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    To bring, bear, or carry a thing, as news, to report, announce, inform, publish; constr. alicui or ad aliquem aliquid, or acc. with inf. (class.;

    in the histt., esp. in Livy, very freq.): ea adferam eaque ut nuntiem, etc.,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 9:

    istud quod adfers, aures exspectant meae,

    id. As. 2, 2, 65; Ter. Phorm. prol. 22:

    calamitas tanta fuit, ut eam non ex proelio nuntius, sed ex sermone rumor adferret,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 25:

    si ei subito sit adlatum periculum patriae,

    id. Off. 1, 43, 154:

    nihil novi ad nos adferebatur,

    id. Fam. 2, 14; id. Att. 6, 8: rumores, qui de me adferuntur, Cic. Fil. ap. Cic. Fam. 16, 21:

    Caelium ad illam adtulisse, se aurum quaerere,

    id. Cael. 24; so id. Fam. 5, 2 al.:

    magnum enim, quod adferebant, videbatur,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 15 Dint.:

    cum crebri adferrent nuntii, male rem gerere Darium,

    Nep. 3, 3:

    haud vana adtulere,

    Liv. 4, 37; 6, 31:

    exploratores missi adtulerunt quieta omnia apud Gallos esse,

    id. 8, 17 Drak.:

    per idem tempus rebellāsse Etruscos adlatum est,

    word was brought, id. 10, 45 al.:

    idem ex Hispaniā adlatum,

    Tac. H. 1, 76:

    esse, qui magnum nescio quid adferret,

    Suet. Dom. 16; Luc. 1, 475:

    scelus adtulit umbris,

    Val. Fl. 3, 172 al. —So of instruction: doctrinam, Vulg. prol. Eccli.; ib. 2 Joan. 10.—
    B.
    To bring a thing on one, i.e. to cause, occasion, effect, give, impart; esp. of states of mind:

    aegritudinem alicui,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 2:

    alicui molestiam,

    id. Hec. 3, 2, 9:

    populo Romano pacem, tranquillitatem, otium, concordiam,

    Cic. Mur. 1:

    alicui multas lacrimas, magnam cladem,

    id. N. D. 2, 3, 7:

    ipsa detractio molestiae consecutionem adfert voluptatis,

    id. Fin. 1, 11, 37; so,

    adferre auctoritatem et fidem orationi,

    id. Phil. 12, 7:

    metum,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 25:

    dolorem,

    id. Sull. 1:

    luctum et egestatem,

    id. Rosc. Am. 5:

    consolationem,

    id. Att. 10, 4:

    delectationem,

    id. Fam. 7, 1 al.:

    detrimentum,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 82:

    taedium,

    Plin. 15, 2, 3, § 7:

    dolorem capitis,

    id. 23, 1, 18:

    gaudium,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 2, 1 al. —
    C.
    To bring forwards, allege, assert, adduce, as an excuse, reason, etc.:

    quam causam adferam?

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 23:

    justas causas adfers,

    Cic. Att. 11, 15;

    also without causa: rationes quoque, cur hoc ita sit, adferendas puto,

    id. Fin. 5, 10, 27; cf. id. Fam. 4, 13:

    idque me non ad meam defensionem adtulisse,

    id. Caecin. 29, 85:

    ad ea, quae dixi, adfer, si quid habes,

    id. Att. 7: nihil igitur adferunt, qui in re gerendā versari senectutem negant, they bring forwards nothing to the purpose, who, etc., id. Sen. 6; id. de Or. 2, 53, 215:

    quid enim poterit dicere?... an aetatem adferet?

    i. e. as an excuse, id. ib. 2, 89, 364.—Also absol.:

    Quid sit enim corpus sentire, quis adferet umquam...?

    will bring forwards an explanation, Lucr. 3, 354 (cf. reddo absol. in same sense, id. 1, 566):

    et, cur credam, adferre possum,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 29, 70; 3, 23, 55.—
    D.
    Adferre aliquid = conducere, conferre aliquid, to contribute any thing to a definite object, to be useful in any thing, to help, assist; constr. with ad, with dat., or absol.:

    quam ad rem magnum adtulimus adjumentum hominibus nostris,

    Cic. Off. 1, 1:

    negat Epicurus diuturnitatem temporis ad beate vivendum aliquid adferre,

    id. Fin. 2, 27, 87:

    quidquid ad rem publicam adtulimus, si modo aliquid adtulimus,

    id. Off. 1, 44, 155:

    illa praesidia non adferunt oratori aliquid, ne, etc.,

    id. Mil. 1: aliquid adtulimus etiam nos, id. Planc. 10, 24:

    quid enim oves aliud adferunt, nisi, etc.,

    id. N. D. 2, 63.—
    E.
    Very rare in class. period, to bring forth as a product, to yield, bear, produce, = fero:

    agri fertiles, qui multo plus adferunt, quam acceperunt,

    Cic. Off. 1, 15:

    herbam adferentem semen,

    Vulg. Gen. 1, 29:

    arva non adferent cibum,

    ib. Hab. 3, 17: lignum adtulit fructum, ib. Joel, 2, 22; ib. Apoc. 22, 2:

    ager fructum,

    ib. Luc. 12, 16 al.

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  • 11 obtendo

    ob-tendo, di, tum, 3, v. a.
    I.
    To draw, stretch, spread, or place before (cf. obtego; not freq. till after the Aug. per.).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    Proque viro nebulam et ventos obtendere inanes, Verg. A. 10, 82:

    sudarium ante faciem,

    Suet. Ner. 48.— Poet.:

    obtentā nocte,

    i. e. in dark night, Verg. G. 1, 248.—
    2.
    Pass., with mid. force:

    oculis membrana obtenditur,

    spreads over, Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 153:

    Britannia Germaniae obtenditur,

    lies over against Germany, Tac. Agr. 10.—
    B.
    Trop., to pretend, allege, plead as an excuse:

    matris preces obtendens,

    Tac. A. 3, 17:

    ad ea Drusus cum arbitrium senatūs obtenderet,

    id. ib. 1, 26:

    valetudinem corporis, aetatem liberūm, nubilem filiam,

    id. ib. 3, 35:

    suae imbecillitati sanitatis appellationem obtendunt,

    Quint. 12, 10, 15: rationem turpitudini, Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 15:

    qui delictis suis excusationem carnis obtendet,

    Lact. 4, 24, 10:

    quid poterimus obtendere,

    plead what excuse, Vulg. Gen. 44, 16.—
    II.
    Transf., to cover, hide, conceal.
    A.
    Lit.:

    obtendunt limina silvis,

    Stat. Th. 2, 248:

    lucem pulvere,

    Sil. 10, 228:

    diem nube atrā,

    Tac. H. 3, 56.—
    B.
    Trop., to hide, conceal, envelop:

    quasi velis quibusdam obtenditur uniuscujusque natura,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 5, § 15.—
    2.
    To spread over, make a cover for:

    Vitellius curis luxum obtendebat,

    i. e. sought a refuge from, Tac. H. 3, 36 init.

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  • 12 praetexo

    prae-texo, xŭi, xtum, 3, v. a., to weave before or in front, to fringe, edge, border.
    I.
    Lit. (mostly poet.):

    purpura saepe tuos fulgens praetexit amictus,

    Ov. P. 3, 8, 7:

    glaucas comis praetexere frondes,

    weave around, Val. Fl. 3, 436; Plin. 16, 1, 1, § 4:

    praetexit arundine ripas Mincius,

    Verg. E. 7, 12:

    litora curvae Praetexunt puppes,

    id. A. 6, 5:

    fontem violis, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr. 249: limina ramis, Rapt. Pros. 2, 320: ripam ulvis,

    Aus. Idyll. 10, 45:

    sicubi odoratas praetexit amaracus umbras,

    spreads over, Col. 10, 297.—In mid. force:

    utraeque nationes Rheno praetexuntur,

    border on the Rhine, Tac. G. 34.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To place before or in front (syn.:

    praetendo, praepono): in his voluminibus auctorum nomina praetexui, Plin. praef. § 21: auctores quos praetexuimus volumini huic,

    id. 18, 25, 57, § 212:

    tibi maximus honor excubare pro templis, postibusque praetexi,

    i. e. that your statues stand before the temples, Plin. Pan. 52.—
    2.
    To border, to furnish, provide, or adorn with any thing: ex primo versu cujusque sententiae primis litteris illius sententiae carmen omne praetexitur, the whole poem is bordered (like an acrostic) with the initial letters from the first verse of every sentence (oracle), Cic. Div. 2, 54, 112: omnia quae aguntur acerrime, lenioribus principiis natura praetexuit, has provided with, etc., id. de Or. 2, 78, 317:

    praetexta quercu domus,

    Ov. F. 4, 953; 5, 567:

    summaque praetexat tenuis fastigia chartae, Indicet ut nomen, littera facta, meum,

    let my name be inscribed upon it, Tib. 3, 1, 11.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To allege as an excuse, to pretend, to assign as a pretext (syn. causor):

    cupiditatem triumphi,

    Cic. Pis. 24, 56:

    nomina speciosa,

    Tac. H. 1, 72.—With acc. and inf.:

    ubicumque ipsi essent, praetexentes esse rempublicam,

    Vell. 2, 62, 3:

    Tigellinus T. Vinii potentia defensus, praetexentis, servatam ab eo filiam,

    Tac. H. 1, 72.—
    B.
    To cover, cloak, conceal, disguise with any thing:

    hoc praetexit nomine culpam,

    Verg. A. 4, 172:

    funera sacris,

    id. ib. 4, 500:

    fraudem blando risu,

    Claud. Ruf. 1, 99.—Hence, praetextus, a, um, P. a., clothed with or wearing the toga praetexta:

    praetextus senatus (for praetextā in dutus),

    Prop. 4 (5), 1, 11:

    pubes,

    Aus. Prof. 18, 7.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Toga praetexta, and (post-Aug.) absol.: praetexta, ae, f., the outer garment, bordered with purple, worn at Rome by the higher magistrates and by free-born children till they assumed the toga virilis, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 14, § 36; 2, 1, 44, § 113; id. Q. Fr. 2, 12, 2; Liv. 27, 37; 33, 42; Plin. 9, 39, 63, § 136; 33, 1, 4, § 10 et saep.: praetextā pullā nulli alii licebat uti, quam ei, qui funus faciebat, Paul. ex Fest. p. 236 Müll.—Hence,
    b.
    praetexta, ae, f. (sc. fabula), a tragedy, because celebrated Romans (like Brutus, Decius, Marcellus) were represented in it:

    nostri vestigia Graeca Ausi deserere, et celebrare domestica facta, Vel qui praetextas vel qui docuere togatas,

    Hor. A. P. 286; Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32, 3:

    praetextam legere,

    id. ib. 10, 32, 5.—
    2.
    praetextum, i, n.
    a.
    An ornament, as something wrought or fastened in front (post - Aug.):

    pulcherrimum reipublicae praetextum,

    Sen. Ep. 71, 9.—
    b.
    A pretence, [p. 1436] pretext, excuse (post-Aug.; cf.:

    species, simulatio): et praetextum quidem illi civilium armorum hoc fuit: causas autem alias fuisse opinantur,

    Suet. Caes. 30: ad praetextum mutatae voluntatis, under pretext or color of, id. Aug. 12:

    ipse Ravennam devertit praetexto classem alloquendi,

    under pretext, Tac. H. 2, 100:

    praetexto reipublicae,

    id. ib. 3, 80; Sen. Contr. 4, 25, 14.

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  • 13 ad-ferō (aff-)

        ad-ferō (aff-) attulī    (adt-), adlātus (all-), adferre (aff-), to bring, fetch, carry, convey, take, deliver: magnam partem ad te, T.: scyphos ad praetorem: Curio pondus auri: nuntium ei: donum in Capitolium: litterae ab urbe adlatae, L.: litteras a patre: huc scyphos, H.: adfertur muraena in patinā, is served, H.: peditem alvo, V.: ad consules lecticā adfertur, L.—Poet., of a person: te qui vivum casūs attulerint, V. — Esp., with pron reflex., to betake oneself, go, come: huc te adfers, V.: urbem Adferimur, V.: te verus mihi nuntius adfers? i. e. present yourself in your true person, V.—Adferre manūs, to lay on, use force, do violence: pro se quisque manūs adfert, defends himself forcibly.—Freq. with dat, to lay hands on, attack, assail: domino: pastoribus vim et manūs. —With dat. of thing, to do violence to, i. e. rob, plunder, pillage: templo: eis rebus. — Fig., to bring, introduce, carry, convey to, apply, employ, use, exert, exercise: genus sermonum adfert exile, i. e. employs: quod ad amicitiam populi R. adtulissent, i. e. had enjoyed before the alliance, Cs.: in re militari nova, i. e. to reorganize the army, N.: non minus ad dicendum auctoritatis, quam, etc.: auctoritatem in iudicium, exercise: bellum in patriam, O.: Iris alimenta nubibus adfert, brings, O. —Esp., vim alicui, to employ force against, compel: ut filiae suae vis adferretur, compulsion: praesidio armato, attack, L.—To bring tidings, bring word, carry news, report, announce: haud vana adtulere, L.: ad Scipionem perductus, quid adferret, expromit, explains what news he brought, L.: calamitatem ad aurīs imperatoris: subito adlatum periculum patriae: inimico nuntium, notify: ad illam attulisse se aurum quaerere: attulerunt quieta omnia esse, L.: rebellasse Etruscos adlatum est, L.: calamitas tanta fuit, ut eam non ex proelio nuntius adferret.—To carry, produce, cause, occasion, impart, render, give: agri plus adferunt quam acceperunt: detrimentum, Cs.: vobis populoque R. pacem: suspicionem multis: parricidae aliquid decoris, to lend lustre: difficultatem ad consilium capiendum, Cs.: aliquid melius, suggest: aliquid oratoriae laudis, attain: quod iniquitas loci adtulisset, i. e. the consequences, Cs.: tempus conloquio non dare magnam pacis desperationem adferebat, Cs.: natura adfert ut eis faveamus, etc., brings it about: (id) volvenda dies attulit, V. — To bring forward, allege, assign: causam, T.: nihil adferunt, qui negant, etc., say nothing to the point: rationes cur hoc ita sit: aetatem, to plead in excuse: cur credam adferre possum. — Aliquid, to contribute, help, assist, be of use: nihil ad communem fructum: vide si quid opis potest adferre huic, T.: precibus aliquid attulimus etiam nos, have been of some assistance by.

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  • 14 prae-tendō

        prae-tendō dī, tus, ere,    to stretch forth, reach out, extend, present: hastas dextris, V.: fumos manu, i. e. fumigate, V.: praetenta Tela, presented, O.: coniugis taedas, i. e. assume to be your husband, V.—To spread before, draw over: vestem ocellis, holds before, O.: morti muros, i. e. skulk from death behind walls, V.: decreto sermonem, prefix, L.— Pass, to stretch out before, lie opposite, extend in front: tenue praetentum litus esse, a narrow stretch of shore, L.: praetentaque Syrtibus arva, V.—Fig., to hold out as an excuse, offer as a pretext, allege, pretend, simulate: hominis doctissimi nomen tuis barbaris moribus, shelter under the name: culpae splendida verba tuae, O.: legem postulationi suae, L.: deorum numen praetenditur sceleribus, L.: honesta nomina, Ta.

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  • Allege — Al*lege ([a^]l*l[e^]j ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Alleged} ( l[e^]jd ); 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 +… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • allege — [ə lej′] vt. alleged, alleging [ME aleggen, to produce as evidence; form < OFr esligier < VL * exlitigare < L ex , out of + litigare (see LITIGATE); meaning infl. by OFr alleguer, declare on oath < L allegare, to send, mention, adduce …   English World dictionary

  • allege — allegeable, adj. alleger, n. /euh lej /, v.t., alleged, alleging. 1. to assert without proof. 2. to declare with positiveness; affirm; assert: to allege a fact. 3. to declare before a court or elsewhere, as if under oath. 4. to plead in support… …   Universalium

  • allege — transitive verb (alleged; alleging) Etymology: Middle English alleggen to submit in evidence or as justification, adduce, from Anglo French aleger, allegger, probably in part modification of Medieval Latin allegare, from Latin, to send as a… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • allege — verb /əˈlɛdʒ/ a) To cite or quote an author or his work for or against. and suffir never your soveraynté to be alledged with your subjects, nother the soveraygne of your persone and londys. b) To adduce (something) as a reason, excuse, support… …   Wiktionary

  • allege — al•lege [[t]əˈlɛdʒ[/t]] v. t. leged, leg•ing 1) to assert without proof 2) to declare with positiveness; affirm; assert 3) to declare before a court or elsewhere as if under oath 4) to offer as a reason or excuse 5) archaic to cite as… …   From formal English to slang

  • allege — /əˈlɛdʒ / (say uh lej) verb (t) (alleged, alleging) 1. to assert without proof. 2. to declare before a court, or elsewhere as if upon oath. 3. to declare with positiveness; affirm; assert. 4. to plead in support of; urge as a reason or excuse.… …  

  • allege — v.tr. 1 (often foll. by that + clause, or to + infin.) declare to be the case, esp. without proof. 2 advance as an argument or excuse. Derivatives: alleged adj. Etymology: ME f. AF alegier, OF esligier clear at law; confused in sense with L… …   Useful english dictionary

  • find fish on one's fingers — to devise or allege an excuse (late 16th to early 17 centuries) …   Dictionary of ichthyology

  • Eusebius of Nicomedia — • Bishop, place and date of birth unknown; d. 341. He was a pupil at Antioch of Lucian the Martyr, in whose famous school he learned his Arian doctrines Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Eusebius of Nicomedia     Euse …   Catholic encyclopedia

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