Allege : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Allege	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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" Synonym(s): allege, aver, say
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Allege \Al*lege"\, v. t. [See {Allay}.] To alleviate; to lighten, as a burden or a trouble. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Allege \Allege"\ ([acr]ll[ecr]j"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Alleged} (-l[ecr]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. 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.