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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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