To allege or claim something in advance; to put forward an argument beforehand.
Combines 'fore-' (before) with 'allege' (from Old French 'alegier,' to lighten or alleviate). In legal contexts, it means making claims before they're fully proven.
In medieval courts, lawyers had to 'foreallege' their claims—state what they'd prove before presenting evidence. This word shows how legal procedure shaped language, since the same structure still exists in modern trials.
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