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Meaning of 'allege' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Allege [ v. t.]
- To bring forward with positiveness; to declare; to affirm; to assert; as, to allege a fact.
- To cite or quote; as, to allege the authority of a judge.
- To produce or urge as a reason, plea, or excuse; as, he refused to lend, alleging a resolution against lending.
- To alleviate; to lighten, as a burden or a trouble.

Meaning of 'allege' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . allege [ v]
Meaning (1):
- report or maintain
Example in sentence:
  • 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

Nearby Words:

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