Found 2 items, similar to allege.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: allege
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”
[syn:
aver,
say]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Allege
Allege
\Al*lege"\, v. t. [See
Allay.]
To alleviate; to lighten, as a burden or a trouble. [Obs.]
--Wyclif.
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Allege
\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.
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2. To cite or quote; as, to allege the authority of a judge.
[Archaic]
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3. To produce or urge as a reason, plea, or excuse; as, he
refused to lend, alleging a resolution against lending.
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Syn: To bring forward; adduce; advance; assign; produce;
declare; affirm; assert; aver; predicate.
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