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allege

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al·lege  (-lj)
tr.v. al·leged, al·leg·ing, al·leg·es
1. To assert to be true; affirm: alleging his innocence of the charge.
2. To assert without or before proof: The indictment alleges that the commissioner took bribes.
3. To state (a plea or excuse, for example) in support or denial of a claim or accusation: The defendant alleges temporary insanity.
4. Archaic To bring forward as an authority.

[Middle English alleggen, from Old French alegier, to vindicate, justify (influenced by aleguer, to give a reason), from esligier, to pay a fine, justify oneself, from Late Latin *exltigre, to clear at law : Latin ex-, out; see ex- + Latin ltigre, to sue; see litigate.]

al·legea·ble adj.
al·leger n.

allege
Verb
[-leging, -leged] to state without proof [Latin allegare to dispatch on a mission]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.allege - 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"
plead - make an allegation in an action or other legal proceeding, especially answer the previous pleading of the other party by denying facts therein stated or by alleging new facts
assert, asseverate, maintain - state categorically

allege
Translations
allege [əˈlɛdʒ] vtpretender;
he is alleged to have said ... → se afirma que él dijo ...

allege [əˈlɛdʒ] vtalléguer, prétendre;
he is alleged to have said → il aurait dit

allege [əˈlɛdʒ] vtbehaupten;
he is alleged to have said that ... → er soll angeblich gesagt haben, dass ...

allege [əˈlɛdʒ] vtasserire;
he is alleged to have said ... → avrebbe detto che ...

allege
v allege [əˈledʒ]
to say, especially in making a legal statement, without giving proof He alleged that I had been with the accused on the night of the murder. beweer يَدَّعي، يَتَدَرَّع بِ твърдя prohlásit, vypovědět hævde; påstå behaupten ισχυρίζομαι alegar väitma اظهار کردن väittää alléguer לִטְעוֹן आरोप लगाना iznijeti kao állít menyatakan, menduga staðhæfa dichiarare, asserire 申し立てる 주장하다 nepagrįstai tvirtinti, teigti apgalvot (bez pierādījumiem) menuduh beweren hevde, påstå sugerować, twierdzić alegar a afirma, a pretinde утверждать tvrdiť, vypovedať navesti tvrditi påstå, göra gällande กล่าวหา iddia etmek, ileri sürmek 宣稱 твердити الزام لگانا ، تہمت لگانا viện cớ
n allegation [ӕliˈgeiʃən]
bewering إدّعاء، زَعْم твърдение tvrzení, výpověď påstand die Behauptung ισχυρισμός alegación väide اظهار؛ ادعا väite allégation טֵעֲנָה, הַאֲשָמָה आरोप navod állítás tuduhan staðhæfing dichiarazione, asserzione 申し立て 확언, 진술 nepagrįstas tvirtinimas apgalvojums (bez pierādījumiem) pertuduhan bewering påstand zarzut alegação afirmaţie (ne­do­vedită) утверждение tvrdenie izjava tvrdnja anklagelse, påstående การกล่าวหา; ข้อกล่าวหา iddia 辯解 заява, твердження الزام ، تہمت sự viện cớ


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The fact of the being of a man carries with it the truth of the proposition that he is, and the implication is reciprocal: for if a man is, the proposition wherein we allege that he is true, and conversely, if the proposition wherein we allege that he is true, then he is.
The claim to Comedy is put forward by the Megarians,--not only by those of Greece proper, who allege that it originated under their democracy, but also by the Megarians of Sicily, for the poet Epicharmus, who is much earlier than Chionides and Magnes, belonged to that country.
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