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3 definitions found 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. 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 WordNet r 1.6 [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" [syn: {aver}, {say}]
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