allege

[Al*legeĀ·]

If you accuse someone of committing a crime but the proof of the wrongdoing isn't yet found, use the verb allege. You might allege that your sister broke a vase, just because no one else was home when you heard the crash.

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To bring forward with positiveness; to declare; to affirm; to assert; as, to allege a fact.

Verb
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"


v. t.
To bring forward with positiveness; to declare; to affirm; to assert; as, to allege a fact.

v. t.
To cite or quote; as, to allege the authority of a judge.

v. t.
To produce or urge as a reason, plea, or excuse; as, he refused to lend, alleging a resolution against lending.

v. t.
To alleviate; to lighten, as a burden or a trouble.


Allege

Al*lege" , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Alleged ; 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.

Allege

Al*lege", v. t. [See Allay.] To alleviate; to lighten, as a burden or a trouble. [Obs.] Wyclif.

To bring forward with positiveness; to declare; to affirm; to assert; as, to allege a fact.

To alleviate; to lighten, as a burden or a trouble.

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