单词 | allege |
释义 | allege —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 of; offer as a reason or excuse. 5. Archaic. to cite or quote in confirmation. [1275-1325; ME alleg(g)en, prob. < OF aleguer ( < ML, L allegare to adduce in support of a plea; see ALLEGATION), conflated with AF, OF aleg(i)er to justify, free, lit., to lighten ( < LL alleviare; see ALLEVIATE); homonymous ME v. alleg(g)en, with literal sense of OF aleg(i)er, replaced by ALLAY in 16th cent.] Syn. 1. See maintain. 2. state, asseverate, aver. 3. attest. Ant. 2. deny. |
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