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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Allege \Al*lege"\ ([a^]l*l[e^]j"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Alleged}
(-l[e^]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.
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