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ALLE'VIATED, pp. Made lighter; mitigated; eased; extenuated.
ALLE'VIATE, v.t. [Low L. allevio; ad and levo, to raise, levis, light.] 1. To ma...
ALLEVEU'R, n. A small Swedish coin, value about a cent.
ALLER'ION, n. In heraldry, an eagle without beak or feet, with expanded wings; d...
ALLEMAN'NIC, a. Belonging to the Alemanni, ancient Germans, and to Alemannia, th...
ALLEMAND', n. A slow air in common time, or grave, solemn music, with a slow mov...
ALLELU'IAH, n. [Heb. praise to Jah.] Praise to Jehovah; a word used to denote pi...
ALLE'GRO. [See Light .] In music, a word denoting a brisk movement; a sprightly ...
ALLEGRET'TO, [from allegro,] denotes, in music, a movement or time quicker than ...
AL'LEGORY, n. [Gr. other, to speak, a forum, an oration.] A figurative sentence ...
AL'LEGORIZING, ppr. Turning into allegory, or understanding in all allegorical s...
AL'LEGORIZED, pp. Turned into allegory, or understood allegorically.
AL'LEGORIZE, v.t. 1. To form an allegory; to turn into allegory; as, to allegori...
ALLEGOR'ICALNESS, n. The quality of being allegorical.
ALLEGOR'ICALLY, adv. In a figurative manner; by way of allegory.
ALLEGOR'IC, ALLEGOR'ICAL, a. In the manner of allegory; figurative; describing b...