allege
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 7
- Words With Friends
- 10
- Letters
- 6
Definition of allege
5 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
- (obsolete, transitive)To state under oath, to plead.
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verb
- (obsolete, transitive)To state under oath, to plead.
- (archaic)To cite or quote an author or his work for or against.
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(transitive)To adduce (something) as a reason, excuse, support etc.
“I will further alleage a storie[…]to make us palpably feele his naturall condition.”
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(transitive)To make a claim as justification or proof; to make an assertion without proof.
“The agency alleged that my credit history had problems.”
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(obsolete)To lighten, diminish.
“and suffir never your soveraynté to be alledged with your subjects,”
“Hart that is inly hurt, is greatly eased / With hope of thing, that may allegge his smart[…].”
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Etymology
From Middle English aleggen, perhaps from Old French alleguer, or from Anglo-Norman aleger, the form perhaps from Old French esligier (“to acquit”), from Medieval Latin *exlītigāre (“to clear at law”),…
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From Middle English aleggen, perhaps from Old French alleguer, or from Anglo-Norman aleger, the form perhaps from Old French esligier (“to acquit”), from Medieval Latin *exlītigāre (“to clear at law”), from Latin ex (“out”) + lītigō (“sue at law”), but the meaning from Old French alleguer, from Latin allēgāre (“send on a mission, depute; relate, mention, adduce”), from ad (“to”) + lēgō (“send”). See also al-.
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