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al⋅lege

  [uh-lej]
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–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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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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