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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. To assert to be true; affirm: alleging his innocence of the charge.
  2. v. To assert without or before proof: The indictment alleges that the commissioner took bribes.
  3. v. To state (a plea or excuse, for example) in support or denial of a claim or accusation: The defendant alleges temporary insanity.
  4. v. Archaic To bring forward as an authority.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To declare before a court; plead at law; hence, in general, to produce as an argument, plea, or excuse; cite or quote in confirmation: as, to allege exculpatory facts; to allege the authority of a court.
  2. To pronounce with positiveness; declare; affirm; assert: as, to allege a fact.
  3. Synonyms Adduce, Allege, Assign, etc. (see adduce), bring forward, aver, asseverate, maintain, say, insist, plead, produce, cite.
  4. To alleviate; lighten; mitigate; allay.

Wiktionary

  1. v. obsolete To lighten, diminish.
  2. v. obsolete, transitive To state under oath, to plead.
  3. v. archaic To cite or quote an author or his work for or against.
  4. v. transitive To adduce (something) as a reason, excuse, support etc.
  5. v. transitive To make a claim as justification or proof; to make an assertion without proof.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. To bring forward with positiveness; to declare; to affirm; to assert.
  2. v. Archaic To cite or quote.
  3. v. To produce or urge as a reason, plea, or excuse.
  4. v. obsolete To alleviate; to lighten, as a burden or a trouble.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. report or maintain

Etymologies

  1. From Middle English aleggen, from Anglo-Norman aleger, the form from Old French esligier, from Medieval Latin *exlītigāre ("to clear at law"), from Latin ex ("out") + lītigō ("sue at law"), the meaning from Old French alleguer, from Latin allēgāre, present active infinitive of allēgō ("send, depute; relate, mention, adduce"), from ad ("to") + lēgō ("send"). (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English alleggen, from Old French alegier, to vindicate, justify (influenced by aleguer, to give a reason), from esligier, to pay a fine, justify oneself, from Late Latin *exlītigāre, to clear at law : Latin ex-, out; see ex- + Latin lītigāre, to sue; see litigate. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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synonyms (12)

Words with the same meaning

  1. aver
  2. assign
  1. affirm
  2. predicate
  1. assert
  2. advance
  1. bring forward
  2. declare
  1. produce
  2. adduce
  1. alleviate
  2. stat

hypernyms (3)

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  1. asseverate
  1. maintain
  1. assert

hyponyms (1)

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  1. plead

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  2. portrait-painting
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  4. four-color
  1. syzygy
  2. detonating-cord
  3. front-wheel
  4. credit-card
  1. blameable
  2. about-the
  3. wrongful
  4. unconvicted
  1. dismissal.....the
  2. soapbox
  3. free-throw
  4. high-mettled
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rhymes (10)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. dredge
  2. edge
  1. fledge
  2. hedge
  1. ledge
  2. pledge
  1. sedge
  2. sege
  1. sledge
  2. wedge

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Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. plead
  2. lege
  3. adduce
  4. allege
  5. alledge
  6. legge
  7. infer
  1. ledge
  2. liken
  3. lay
  4. oppone
  5. foreallege
  6. misallege
  7. misvouch
  1. obtend
  2. pretex
  3. Atlantean
  4. alegge
  5. allay
  6. asseverate
  7. pretext
  1. stultify
  2. ascribe
  3. show
  4. pretend
  5. say
  6. reallege
  7. reproach
  1. to lay a venue
  2. advance
  3. assert
  4. assign
  5. aver
  6. offer
  7. profess
  1. state
  2. surmise
  3. that
  4. urge

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