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/əlˈɛdʒ/ Listen

verb

Allege v. t. (past & past part. alleged; pres. part. alleging)

To bring forward with positiveness; to declare; to affirm; to assert; as, to allege a fact.

To cite or quote; as, to allege the authority of a judge. (Archaic)

To produce or urge as a reason, plea, or excuse; as, he refused to lend, alleging a resolution against lending.

Synonyms: To bring forward; adduce; advance; assign; produce; declare; affirm; assert; aver; predicate.

Allege v. t. To alleviate; to lighten, as a burden or a trouble. (Obs.)

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... he is associated was inaugurated by the Government's predecessors, and in carrying his Bills he had the cordial support of Captain Russell, the leader of the Opposition. At the same time it is urged that this protective legislation has been carried to an unreasonable extent, and people allege, no doubt with a certain amount of exaggeration, that they feel themselves regulated in all the relations of life. The measure which has created the most irritation seems to be the Shop Assistants Act. Employers say that Mr. Reeves has made ...

— The Long White Cloud • William Pember Reeves

... his family the Vedic hymns, to which as a Kshatriya (i.e., as a member of the "twice-born" caste ranking next to the Brahmans) his Highness claimed to be traditionally entitled. The stalwart Brahmans of the Deccan allege, it seems, that in this Kali Yuga, or Age of Darkness, there can be no Kshatriyas, since there is no room or a warrior caste in the orthodox sense under an alien rule, and that therefore the Hindus ...

— Indian Unrest • Valentine Chirol

... of his own responsibility to the nation and the Empire. The brilliant light which blazed around the Throne could find no fault in the actual performance of any duty; but the critical eye and caustic pen had been prone for some years to allege an overfondness for pleasure and amusement and the pursuits ...

— The Life of King Edward VII - with a sketch of the career of King George V • J. Castell Hopkins

... origin of living things and of man, we have this second and successful effort of Darwin, which was able to gather to its support a large number of established facts. Availing himself of the progress already made, he had very different scientific proofs to allege than Lamarck, or St. Hilaire, or Goethe, or Treviranus had had. But, in the second place, we must acknowledge that Darwin had the special distinction of approaching the subject from an entirely new side, and of basing the theory ...

— The Evolution of Man, V.1. • Ernst Haeckel

... two nights is as exhaustive of the subject as that of The Times correspondent and his friends, who also remained two nights, but do not allege ...

— The Alleged Haunting of B---- House • Various

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