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leges

leges is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lege.

leges is the plural of lex.

Meaning of lege

Verb

lege (third-person singular simple present leges, present participle leging, simple past and past participle leged)

  1. (obsolete) To allege; to assert.
    • Not onely he legeth his mercy to bynde his reason, but also his wysdome.1508, John Fisher, Treatise concernynge ... the seven penytencyall Psalms

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Meaning of lex

Noun (1)

lex (plural lexes)

  1. A specific inflected form of a word; compare lexeme.

Noun (2)

lex (plural leges)

  1. (uncommon) A Roman or Latin law (particularly in ancient Rome or in medieval Europe).
    • The 19th and 20th lines of the lex on the tablet (which decree the repeal of the rectigalia) seem to be conclusive in favour of this and against Rudorff's earlier theory.1891, William Smith, A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, page 55

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Proper noun capitalized: Leges

Leges

  1. (plural) plural of Lege

Questions about leges

What is leges the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Leges is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lege.
What part of speech is leges?
Leges is a proper noun.

Words near leges in the dictionary

  1. legering
  2. legerities
  3. legerity
  4. legers
  5. Legerwood
  6. leges
  7. Legette
  8. Legettes
  9. legful
  10. legfuls
  11. Legg

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Adapted from Wiktionary: leges (page history and authors); Leges (page history and authors); lege (page history and authors); lex (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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