allege

Verb

Meaning

To bring forward with positiveness; to declare; to affirm; to assert; as, to allege a fact.

To cite or quote; as, to allege the authority of a judge.

To produce or urge as a reason, plea, or excuse; as, he refused to lend, alleging a resolution against lending.

To alleviate; to lighten, as a burden or a trouble.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

aver say advance declare assert predicate affirm adduce state present produce hold charge claim offer
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Antonyms

block challenge dispute hide deny bottle
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Hypernyms

maintain assert asseverate

Hyponyms

plead

Derivatives

alleged alleging

Anagrams

gaelle

Examples

But hereof be assured, that all is not lawful nor just that is statute by civil laws; neither yet is everything sin before God, which ungodly persons allege to be treason. John Knox

Criticism of a policy is welcome. But in the garb of criticizing a policy, if you allege that the policy was made for corrupt purposes, I reject it. P. Chidambaram

You constantly allege the declaration of human rights, the principles of liberty, and you yourselves believed in it so little that you constitutionally decreed slavery. Maximilien Robespierre

I allege that SCO is full of it. Linus Torvalds

One of the techniques terrorists employ is to allege torture and mistreatment when they are captured, regardless of whether it is true. Linda Chavez

Today, to allege corruption seems to be the pastime of most people. All kinds of allegations are leveled. I think it is self-defeating. P. Chidambaram

Close letter words and terms

allegate allegation allegator allegeable allegeance allegeaunce