Definitions for allege

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allege al·lege

Spelling: [uh-lej]

IPA: /əˈlɛdʒ/

Allege is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 52 anagrams from letters in allege (aeegll).

Definitions for allege

verb (used with object)

1. to assert without proof.
2. to declare with positiveness; affirm; assert:
3. to declare before a court or elsewhere, as if under oath.
4. to plead in support of; offer as a reason or excuse.
5. Archaic. to cite or quote in confirmation.

Origin of allege

1275-1325; Middle English alleg(g)en, probably Old French aleguer (Medieval Latin, Latin allēgāre to adduce in support of a plea; see allegation), conflated wit

Examples for allege

But, if I do not ask, they may allege, that my not going is owing to myself.

Army officials also allege that he worked for ethnic rebels as a “communications captain.”

We allege nothing of which we cannot furnish recent examples.

Tihen did allege that Davis had punched White in the nose at the start of the struggle.

So she made changes that have transformed the Times online; is that what her critics mean when they allege she was disruptive?

The mere assertion of what he meant to allege must at least delay this hateful marriage.

I was deceived: Whatever I might allege, the prohibition remained.

The Germans allege that they captured it after strenuous fighting.

And what do you allege that Mr. Davis did unlawfully in this one?

They also allege their children are not in fact siblings, despite having been told they were.