Synset:allege aver say
Examples:
- 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
Derivationally Related Form:sayallegement
Hypernyms:assert asseverate maintain
Inherited Hypernyms:allegeassertinsist
Direct Hyponyms:plead
Full Troponyms:demurplead
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s that CLAUSE | Something ---s something | They --- that there was a traffic accident (apply to: aver, allege, say)