allege
[ uh-lej ]
/ əˈlɛdʒ /
verb (used with object), al·leged, al·leg·ing.
to assert without proof.
to declare with positiveness; affirm; assert: to allege a fact.
to declare before a court or elsewhere, as if under oath.
to plead in support of; offer as a reason or excuse.
Archaic.
to cite or quote in confirmation.
Origin of allege
1275–1325; Middle English
alleg(g)en, probably < Old French
aleguer (< Medieval Latin, Latin
allēgāre to adduce in support of a plea; see
allegation), conflated with Anglo-French, Old French
aleg(i)er to justify, free, literally, to lighten (< Late Latin
alleviāre; see
alleviate); homonymous Middle English v.
alleg(g)en, with literal sense of Old French
aleg(i)er, replaced by
allay in 16th cent.
synonym study for allege
1. See
maintain.
OTHER WORDS FROM allege
Words nearby allege
allargando,
allative,
allay,
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allege,
alleged,
allegedly,
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allegheny mountains
British Dictionary definitions for allegeable
allege
/ (əˈlɛdʒ) /
verb (tr; may take a clause as object)
to declare in or as if in a court of law; state without or before proof
he alleged malpractice
to put forward (an argument or plea) for or against an accusation, claim, etc
archaic
to cite or quote, as to confirm
Word Origin for allege
C14
aleggen, ultimately from Latin
allēgāre to dispatch on a mission, from
lēx law