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allodge

allodge verb: to lodge; to stay temporarily.

Verb

allodge (third-person singular simple present allodges, present participle allodging, simple past and past participle allodged)

  1. (obsolete) To lodge; to stay temporarily.
    • Let mee freely- enterchange a word with thee ( oh! body ) what rusticall & rude Clowne, very block head, and course conditioned fellow should hee be valiewed, to whose house might happen a Prince or Earle to come to allodge, who would not willingly and most readily giue way,...1969, David Morrison Rogers, English recusant literature, 1558-1640 - Volume 183, page 118
    • An encampment of 30000 footemen, and 6000 horsemen, allodged and fortified in an open Campania: hauing a riuer running on the one side.1600, Robert Barret, THE FIFTH BOOKE OF WARRE DISCOVRSES AND MARTIAL DISCIPLINE: THE FOVRTH DIALOGVE., page 157

Forms of allodge

third-person singular presentallodges
present participleallodging
past participleallodged
pastallodged

Origin of allodge

From Middle English aloge, partly from Old French alogier and partly from Italian alloggiare.

Questions about allodge

What does allodge mean?
Allodge means to lodge; to stay temporarily.
What part of speech is allodge?
Allodge is a verb.
What is the past tense of allodge?
The past tense of allodge is allodged.

Words near allodge in the dictionary

  1. allodepletion
  2. allodesmine
  3. allodesmines
  4. allodeterminant
  5. allodeterminants
  6. allodge
  7. allodged
  8. allodgement
  9. allodgements
  10. allodges
  11. allodging

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