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Definition of Allege
1. Verb. Report or maintain. "They allege that there was a traffic accident "; "The registrar says that I owe the school money"
Specialized synonyms: Plead
Generic synonyms: Assert, Asseverate, Maintain
Derivative terms: Allegement, Say
Definition of Allege
1. v. t. To bring forward with positiveness; to declare; to affirm; to assert; as, to allege a fact.
2. v. t. To alleviate; to lighten, as a burden or a trouble.
Definition of Allege
1. Verb. (obsolete) To lighten, diminish. ¹
2. Verb. (obsolete transitive) To state under oath, to plead. ¹
3. Verb. (archaic) To cite or quote an author or his work ''for'' or ''against''. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive) To adduce (something) as a reason, excuse, support etc. ¹
5. Verb. (transitive) To make a claim as justification or proof; to make an assertion without proof. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Allege
1. to assert without proof or before proving [v -LEGED, -LEGING, -LEGES]
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