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al⋅lege

  [uh-lej]
Use allege in a Sentence
–verb (used with object), -leged, -leg⋅ing.
1. to assert without proof.
2. to declare with positiveness; affirm; assert: to allege a fact.
3. to declare before a court or elsewhere, as if under oath.
4. to plead in support of; offer as a reason or excuse.
5. Archaic. to cite or quote in confirmation.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME alleg(g)en, prob. < OF aleguer (< ML, L allēgāre to adduce in support of a plea; see allegation ), conflated with AF, OF aleg(i)er to justify, free, lit., to lighten (< LL alleviāre; see alleviate ); homonymous ME v. alleg(g)en, with literal sense of OF aleg(i)er, replaced by allay in 16th cent.

Related forms:
al⋅lege⋅a⋅ble, adjective
al⋅leg⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. See maintain. 2. state, asseverate, aver. 3. attest.

Antonyms:
2. deny.
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al·lege   (ə-lěj')   
tr.v.   al·leged, al·leg·ing, al·leg·es

  1. To assert to be true; affirm: alleging his innocence of the charge.

  2. To assert without or before proof: The indictment alleges that the commissioner took bribes.

  3. To state (a plea or excuse, for example) in support or denial of a claim or accusation: The defendant alleges temporary insanity.

  4. Archaic To bring forward as an authority.


[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.]
al·lege'a·ble adj., al·leg'er n.
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Word Origin & History

allege 
c.1300, it has the form of one O.Fr. verb and the meaning of another. The form is Anglo-Fr. aleger, from O.Fr. eslegier "to clear at law," from L. ex- "out of" and litigare "bring suit" (see litigate), but eslegier meant "acquit, clear of charges in a lawsuit." It somehow acquired the meaning of Fr. alléguer, from L. allegare "send for, to bring forth, name, produce in evidence," from ad- "to" + legare "to depute, send" (see allay).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: al·lege
Pronunciation: &-'lej
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: al·leged; al·leg·ing
Etymology: Old French alegier to alleviate, free, confused with Old French alleguer to allege, from Medieval Latin allegare —see ALLEGATA
1 : to state without proof or before proving
2 : to state (as a fact) in a pleading : AVER allege malice>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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