Allege

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To assert to be true; affirm: alleging his innocence of the charge.
  • v. To assert without or before proof: The indictment alleges that the commissioner took bribes.
  • v. To state (a plea or excuse, for example) in support or denial of a claim or accusation: The defendant alleges temporary insanity.
  • v. Archaic To bring forward as an authority.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To lighten, diminish.
  • v. To state under oath, to plead.
  • v. To cite or quote an author or his work for or against.
  • v. To adduce (something) as a reason, excuse, support etc.
  • v. To make a claim as justification or proof; to make an assertion without proof.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To bring forward with positiveness; to declare; to affirm; to assert.
  • v. To cite or quote.
  • v. To produce or urge as a reason, plea, or excuse.
  • v. To alleviate; to lighten, as a burden or a trouble.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To declare before a court; plead at law; hence, in general, to produce as an argument, plea, or excuse; cite or quote in confirmation: as, to allege exculpatory facts; to allege the authority of a court.
  • To pronounce with positiveness; declare; affirm; assert: as, to allege a fact.
  • Synonyms Adduce, Allege, Assign, etc. (see adduce), bring forward, aver, asseverate, maintain, say, insist, plead, produce, cite.
  • To alleviate; lighten; mitigate; allay.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. report or maintain
  • Verb Form
    alleged    alleges    alleging   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    asseverate    maintain    assert   
    Cross Reference
    Hyponym
    plead   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    aver    assign    affirm    predicate    assert    advance    bring forward    declare    produce    adduce   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    dredge    edge    fledge    hedge    ledge    pledge    sedge    sege    sledge    wedge   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts