Definitions for allege
əˈlɛdʒal·lege

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. allege, aver, sayverb

   report or maintain

   "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"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To ALLEGEverb

   Etymology: allego, Lat.

   1. To affirm; to declare; to maintain.2. To plead as an excuse, or produce as an argument.

   Surely the present form of church-government is such, as no law of God, or reason of man, hath hitherto been alleged, of force sufficient to prove they do ill, who, to the utmost of their power, withstand the alteration thereof. Richard Hooker, Preface.

   If we forsake the ways of grace or goodness, we cannot allege any colour of ignorance, or want of instruction; we cannot say we have not learned them, or we could not. Thomas Sprat.

   He hath a clear and full view, and there is no more to be alleged for his better information. John Locke.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. allege

   In law, an allegation is a claim of an unproven fact by a party in a pleading, charge, or defense. Until they can be proved, allegations remain merely assertions.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. allege

   To allege means to claim or assert that someone has done something wrong or illegal, typically without providing proof or evidence. It can also refer to making a statement or claim about something, often in a legal context, that is yet to be proven.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 2 votes

1. Allegeverb

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

2. Allegeverb

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

3. Allegeverb

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

4. Allegeverb

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

5. Etymology: [See Allay.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Allege

   al-lej′, v.t. to produce as an argument or plea: to assert: (B.) to give proofs—n. Allegā′tion, an assertion.—p.adj. Alleged′, cited, quoted. [Through O. Fr. forms from Low L. ex-litigāre, to clear at law. See Allay above.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. allege

   A French ballast-boat.

British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'allege' in Verbs Frequency: #755

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How to pronounce allege?

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How to say allege in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of allege in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of allege in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of allege in a Sentence

1. Jay Sekulow:

   The indictment today does not allege Russian collusion by Roger Stone or anyone else, rather, the indictment focuses on alleged false statements Roger Stone made to Congress.

2. Angela Underwood Jacobs:

   Chad Wolf, the acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, joined the ceremony to honor Underwood and to deliver an American flag to his family. Gov. Gavin Newsom sent an officer of the California Highway Patrol who presented the family with a California flag. In a separate video tribute, Wolf condemned the senseless cowardly violence that took Underwoods life. Officer Underwood gave his life protecting us and we owe him and his family and colleagues a debt of gratitude we will never be able to fully repay, said Wolf. George Phillips, childhood friend of slain Federal Protective Services Officer Dave Patrick Underwood, speaks during a memorial service for Underwood on Friday, June 19, 2020, in Pinole, Calif. Underwood was fatally shot as he was guarding the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building in Oakland, Calif., amid protests on May 29. (Associated Press) Underwood died from gunshot wounds in a drive-by shooting the night of May 29 as a protest in downtown Oakland that began peacefully sank into chaos. Underwood and a colleague were working that night as contract security officers for the Department of Homeland Securitys Federal Protective Service. Federal authorities say the shooter used the protest as cover for the crime. Authorities say that Underwood was targeted because he wore a uniform. Last week, the FBI announced murder charges against Air Force Staff Sgt. Steve Carrillo. Authorities say Carrillo used the same homemade AR-15-style rifle eight days later to kill a Santa Cruz deputy in a hail of gunfire that wounded four other officers. Carrillo faces separate state charges for the June 6 fatal shooting of Santa Cruz County sheriffs Sgt. Damon Gutzwiller. Authorities allege that Carrillo, 32, had ties to the far-right, anti-government boogaloo movement and had hatched a plan to target federal law enforcement officials during the Oakland protest. Colleagues described Underwood as hard-working, highly respected and conscientious. Friends and family talked of his hearty laugh, his personal style he was a sharp dresser and his giving heart. When he stopped playing baseball as an adult, he donated to local youth organizations, so he could help kids find joy in the sport he loved. Underwood was the kind of guy you went to for advice, his older sister said. Hed always say, Angie, believe in yourself. Work hard, and ask for what you want, which is exactly what our mom and dad would have said.

3. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov:

   If you allege this so confidently, present the facts. But nobody can present the facts, or doesn't want to.

4. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov:

   I say every time: if you allege this so confidently, present the facts. But nobody can present the facts, or doesn't want to - which it is, I don't know, so before demanding from us that we stop doing something, please present proof that we have done it.

5. Lieutenant Bagshaw:

   CRITICIZING BLACK LIVES MATTER IS CAUSE FOR TERMINATION, ECONOMISTS ARGUE Problematically for Charter, the FBI goes on to allege that at points, Charter was photographed in both instances without any face coverings. And Lieutenant Jason Bagshaw of the Metropolitan Police Department told the FBI he has interacted with Charter on numerous occasions and was able to positively identify him. Charter has.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=allege
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=allege
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allege
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/allege
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=allege
7. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=allege
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=allege