About The Word Allege
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Allege
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What's The Definition Of Allege?
[v] report or maintain; "He alleged that he was the victim of a crime"; "He said it was too late to intervene in the war"; "The registrar says that I owe the school money"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Allege: aver | say Related Terms | Find terms related to Allege: accuse | acknowledge | adduce | advance | affirm | announce | annunciate | argue | arraign | array | article | assert | assever | asseverate | attest | aver | avouch | avow | bear witness | book | bring accusation | bring charges | bring forward | bring on | bring to bear | bring to book | certify | charge | cite | claim | complain | contend | declare | denounce | denunciate | deploy | depone | depose | disclose | enunciate | express | fasten on | fasten upon | finger | give evidence | hang something on | have | hold | impeach | imply | impute | indict | inform against | inform on | insinuate | insist | issue a manifesto | lay | lay charges | lay down | lodge a complaint | lodge a plaint | maintain | manifesto | marshal | nuncupate | offer | pin on | plead | predicate | prefer charges | present | press charges | pretend | pretext | proclaim | produce | profess | pronounce | protest | protest too much | purport | put | put it | put on report | quote | rally | recite | recount | rehearse | relate | report | reproach | say | set down | speak | speak out | speak up | stand for | stand on | state | submit | swear | take to task | task | taunt with | tax | testify | twit | vouch | warrant | witness See Also | assert | asseverate | maintain | plead Allege In Webster's Dictionary \Al*lege"\ ([a^]l*l[e^]j"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Alleged}
(-l[e^]jd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Alleging}.] [OE. aleggen to
bring forward as evidence, OF. esligier to buy, prop. to free
from legal difficulties, fr. an assumed LL. exlitigare; L. ex
+ litigare to quarrel, sue (see {Litigate}). The word was
confused with L. allegare (see {Allegation}), and lex law.
Cf. {Allay}.]
1. To bring forward with positiveness; to declare; to affirm;
to assert; as, to allege a fact.
2. To cite or quote; as, to allege the authority of a judge.
[Archaic]
3. To produce or urge as a reason, plea, or excuse; as, he
refused to lend, alleging a resolution against lending.
Syn: To bring forward; adduce; advance; assign; produce;
declare; affirm; assert; aver; predicate.
\Al*lege"\, v. t. [See {Allay}.] To alleviate; to lighten, as a burden or a trouble. [Obs.] --Wyclif. |
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