Word of the Day September 21, 2020 [archive]

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. allege, aver, say(verb)

   report or maintain

   "He alleged that he was the victim of a crime"; "He said it was too late to intervene in the war"; "The registrar says that I owe the school money"

Webster Dictionary(4.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Allege(verb)

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

   Etymology: [See Allay.]

2. Allege(verb)

   to cite or quote; as, to allege the authority of a judge

   Etymology: [See Allay.]

3. Allege(verb)

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

   Etymology: [See Allay.]

4. Allege(verb)

   to alleviate; to lighten, as a burden or a trouble

   Etymology: [See Allay.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Allege

   al-lej′, v.t. to produce as an argument or plea: to assert: (B.) to give proofs—n. Allegā′tion, an assertion.—p.adj. Alleged′, cited, quoted. [Through O. Fr. forms from Low L. ex-litigāre, to clear at law. See Allay above.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. allege

   A French ballast-boat.

British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'allege' in Verbs Frequency: #755

How to pronounce allege?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of allege in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of allege in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of allege in a Sentence

1. Susan Rice:

   As my critics allege, I am rather direct, i assure you that President Obama will be just as direct when he sees President Xi.

2. Nike Inc:

   The charging documents unsealed yesterday in Brooklyn do not allege that Nike engaged in criminal conduct, there is no allegation in the charging documents that any Nike employee was aware of or knowingly participated in any bribery or kickback scheme.

3. David Chase:

   Just because they allege The SEC doesn't mean The SEC's true.

4. Jake Wark:

   We expect to select a new court date in the coming days and then set the amended trial track. The Suffolk indictments allege two counts of first-degree murder for the July 16, 2012, shooting deaths of Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado in Boston's South End; three counts of armed assault with intent to murder and one count of assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon for shots fired at three surviving victims; and one count of unlawful possession of a firearm.

5. Jonathan Barr:

   We will answer the charges filed against Congressman Collins in court and will mount a vigorous defense to clear Chris CollinsUnder good name, it is notable that even the government does not allege that Chris CollinsUnder traded a single share of Innate Therapeutics stock. We are confident Chris CollinsUnder will be completely vindicated and exonerated.

Images & Illustrations of allege

• يزعمونArabic
• твърдяBulgarian
• al·legarCatalan, Valencian
• behauptenGerman
• ισχυρίζομαιGreek
• alegar, afirmarSpanish
• ادعاPersian
• vannoa, väittääFinnish
• prétendreFrench
• cuir às lethScottish Gaelic
• 言い切る, 主張, 喧伝, 言い張る, 確言Japanese
• alegarPortuguese
• påståSwedish