allege

  • 21allege — verb Allege is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑article, ↑case, ↑charge, ↑complaint, ↑indictment, ↑plaintiff, ↑prosecution, ↑prosecutor, ↑report Allege is used with these nouns as the object: ↑abuse, ↑ …

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  • 22allege — [14] Allege is related to law, legal, legislation, legation, and litigation. Its original source was Vulgar Latin *exlitigāre, which meant ‘clear of charges in a lawsuit’ (from ex ‘out of’ and litigāre ‘litigate’). This developed successively… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 23allege — [14] Allege is related to law, legal, legislation, legation, and litigation. Its original source was Vulgar Latin *exlitigāre, which meant ‘clear of charges in a lawsuit’ (from ex ‘out of’ and litigāre ‘litigate’). This developed successively… …

    Word origins

  • 24ALLÈGE — n. f. T. de Marine Embarcation qui sert à alléger un bâtiment, à le décharger de ce qu’il y a de trop, ainsi qu’à le charger. L’allège d’un bâtiment. Il y a des allèges assez grandes pour pouvoir naviguer le long des côtes. En termes… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 25allege — allegeable, adj. alleger, n. /euh lej /, v.t., alleged, alleging. 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… …

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  • 26allege — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. state, assert, affirm; imply; accuse. See accusation, affirmation. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. assert, affirm, testify, claim; see declare 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) v. [uh LEJ]… …

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  • 27allege — 01. The teacher [alleged] that a number of students had cheated on the test, but the accusation was later shown to be completely untrue. 02. The company has denied [allegations] that they were dumping polluted water into the river. 03. The… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 28allege — al|lege [əˈledʒ] v [T often passive] formal [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: alleguer, from Latin allegare to give reasons , from ad to + legare ( LEGATE)] to say that something is true or that someone has done something wrong, although it …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 29Allège — Al|lège [a lɛ:ʃ] der; s, s <aus gleichbed. fr. allège zu alléger, vgl. 2↑allegieren> Leichter, zum Entlasten eines Schiffes verwendetes kleineres Wasserfahrzeug …

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  • 30allege — al|lege [ ə ledʒ ] verb transitive ** to say that something is true or that someone has done something wrong or illegal even though this has not been proved: allege that: The defense alleges that Jones was beaten up while in police custody. be… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English