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That which is alleged, asserted, or declared; positive assertion; formal averment I thought their allegation but reasonable. Steele.

The act of turning into allegory, or of understanding in an allegorical sense.

o lighten or lessen the force or weight of. [Obs.] Should no others join capable to alleviate the expense. Evelyn. Those large bladders . . . conduce much to the alleviating of the body [of flying birds]. Ray.

The act of alleviating; a lightening of weight or severity; mitigation; relief.

Tending to alleviate. -- n.

One who, or that which, alleviaties.

Alleviative. Carlyle.

To tie; to unite by some tie. Instincts alligated to their nature. Sir M. Hale.

The act of tying together or attaching by some bond, or the state of being attached. [R.]

r jaw, which has no marginal notches. Besides the common species of the southern United States, there are allied species in South America.

A kind of pipe wrench having a flaring jaw with teeth on one side.

To align. [R.] Herschel.

lignment; position in a straight line, as of two planets with the sun. Whewell. The allineation of the two planets. C. A. Young.

To employ or place so as to make alliteration. Skeat.

The repetition of the same letter at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals; as in the following lines: - Behemoth, biggest born of earth, upheaved His vastness. Milton. Fly o'er waste fens and windy fields. Tennyson.

Pertaining to, or characterized by, alliteration; as, alliterative poetry. -- Al*lit"er*a*tive*ly, adv. -- Al*lit"er*a*tive*ness, n.

One who alliterates.

To distribute or assign; to allot. Burke.

An allotment or apportionment; as, an allocation of shares in a company. The allocation of the particular portions of Palestine to its successive inhabitants. A. R. Stanley.

"Allowed." The word allocatur expresses the allowance of a proceeding, writ, order, etc., by a court, judge, or judicial officer.