allege

== English == === Alternative forms === alleadge, alledg, alledge, allegge (obsolete) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əˈlɛd͡ʒ/ Rhymes: -ɛdʒ === Etymology 1 === From Middle English aleggen, perhaps from Old French alleguer, or from Anglo-Norman aleger, the form perhaps from Old French esligier (“to acquit”), from Medieval Latin *exlītigāre (“to clear at law”), from Latin ex (“out”) + lītigō (“sue at law”), but the meaning from Old French alleguer, from Latin allēgāre (“send on a mission, depute; relate, mention, adduce”), from ad (“to”) + lēgō (“send”). ==== Verb ==== allege (third-person singular simple present alleges, present participle alleging, simple past and past participle alleged) (obsolete, transitive) To state under oath, to plead. (archaic) To cite or quote an author or his work for or against. (transitive) To adduce (something) as a reason, excuse, support etc. Synonym: plead (transitive) To make a claim as justification or proof; to make an assertion without proof. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== allegation privilege ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English alleggen, from Old French alegier, from Latin alleviāre (“lighten”), from ad + levis (“light”). Doublet of alleviate. ==== Verb ==== allege (third-person singular simple present alleges, present participle alleging, simple past and past participle alleged) (Can we verify(+) this sense?) To lighten, diminish. === References === John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “allege”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN. === Further reading === “allege”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “allege”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == Latin == === Verb === allege second-person singular present active imperative of allegō