"lege" meaning in English

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        "(US, colloquial) Clipping of legislature."
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  "etymology_text": "Abbreviated from allege (“to assert”).",
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      "form": "leges",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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        "(obsolete) To allege; to assert."
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        "A legend; colloquially used to describe a person who is held in high regard."
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        "(UK, Ireland, slang) A legend; colloquially used to describe a person who is held in high regard."
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        "(obsolete) To allege; to assert."
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