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al·leged

[uh-lejd, uh-lej-id]
adjective
1.
declared or stated to be as described; asserted: The alleged murderer could not be located for questioning.
2.
doubtful; suspect; supposed: The alleged cure-all produced no results when it was tested by reputable doctors.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English; see allege, -ed2

un·al·leged, adjective

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Example Sentences
  • The statement of alleged violation emanates from the six-count preliminary .
  • At the time, I had no clue whether the alleged honor resulted from an honest mistake or a knowing deception.
  • Please note that I added the word "alleged," for we do not know .
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al·lege

[uh-lej]
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; Middle English alleg(g)en, probably < Old French aleguer (< Medieval Latin, Latin allēgāre to adduce in support of a plea; see allegation), conflated with Anglo-French, Old French aleg(i)er to justify, free, literally, to lighten (< Late Latin alleviāre; see alleviate); homonymous Middle English v. alleg(g)en, with literal sense of Old French aleg(i)er, replaced by allay in 16th cent.

al·lege·a·ble, adjective
al·leg·er, noun
mis·al·lege, verb (used with object), -leged, -leg·ing.
pre·al·lege, verb (used with object), -leged, -leg·ing.
re·al·lege, verb (used with object), -leged, -leg·ing.

accuse, allege, charge.


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


2. deny.

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alleged (əˈlɛdʒd)
 
adj
1.  stated or described to be such; presumed: the alleged murderer
2.  dubious: an alleged miracle

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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
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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 legate).

alleged
mid-15c., "quoted," pp. adj. from allege. Attested from 1610s in sense of "brought forth in court;" 1670s as "asserted but not proved."
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