Allege

[ə'ledʒ] or [ə'lɛdʒ]

Definition

(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'.

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Definition

(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.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Declare, affirm, assert, aver, predicate, profess, asseverate, maintain, say.[2]. Adduce, assign, advance, plead, produce, cite, quote, bring forward, lay down.

Checker: Lorenzo

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Declare, affirm, assert, asseverate, depose, plead, cite, quote, assign,advance, maintain, say

ANT:Contradict, gainsay, refute, deny, disprove, neutralize, quash, repel

Edited by Jessica

Definition

v.t. to produce as an argument or plea: to assert: (B.) to give proofs—n. Allegā′tion an assertion.—p.adj. Alleged′ cited quoted.

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