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allege
English
Alternative forms
- alledg, alledge, allegge (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??l?d?/
- Rhymes: -?d?
Etymology 1
From Middle English aleggen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman aleger, the form from Old French esligier (“to acquit”), from Medieval Latin *exl?tig?re (“to clear at law”), from Latin ex (“out”) + l?tig? (“sue at law”), the meaning from Old French alleguer, from Latin all?g?re, present active infinitive of all?g? (“send, depute; relate, mention, adduce”), from ad (“to”) + l?g? (“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.
- (transitive) To make a claim as justification or proof; to make an assertion without proof.
Related terms
- allegation
- privilege
Translations
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Old French alegier, from Latin allevi?re, present active infinitive of allevi? (“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)
- (obsolete) To lighten, diminish.
- and suffir never your soveraynté to be alledged with your subjects, nother the soveraygne of your persone and londys.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.ii:
- Hart that is inly hurt, is greatly eased / With hope of thing, that may allegge his smart […].
See also
- Wikipedia article on "oath"
References
- John A. Simpson and Edward 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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- allege in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Latin
Verb
allege
- second-person singular present active imperative of alleg?
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dispute
English
Etymology
From Middle English disputen, from Old French desputer (French disputer), from Latin disput?re (“to dispute, discuss, examine, compute, estimate”), from dis- (“apart”) + put?re (“to reckon, consider, think, originally make clean, clear up”), related to purus (“pure”). Compare compute, count, impute, repute, amputate, etc.
Pronunciation
- (noun)
- (UK) IPA(key): /?d?s.pju?t/
- (US) IPA(key): /d?s?pju?t/
- (verb)
- IPA(key): /d?s?pju?t/
- Rhymes: -u?t
Noun
dispute (plural disputes)
- An argument or disagreement, a failure to agree.
- (uncountable) Verbal controversy or disagreement; altercation; debate.
- Addicted more / To contemplation and profound dispute.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:dispute
Translations
Verb
dispute (third-person singular simple present disputes, present participle disputing, simple past and past participle disputed)
- (intransitive) to contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another.
- (transitive) to make a subject of disputation; to argue pro and con; to discuss
- to oppose by argument or assertion; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call in question; to deny the truth or validity of
- 1834-1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent.
- to seize goods under the disputed authority of writs of assistance
- 1834-1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent.
- to strive or contend about; to contest
- 1856-1858, William H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip II
- to dispute the possession of the ground with the Spaniards
- 1856-1858, William H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip II
- (obsolete) to struggle against; to resist
Derived terms
- industrial dispute
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
- dispute in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- dispute in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
French
Etymology
From Latin disput?re.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dis.pyt/
Noun
dispute f (plural disputes)
- dispute
Related terms
- disputer
Descendants
- ? Romanian: disput?
Further reading
- “dispute” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- stupide
Italian
Noun
dispute f
- plural of disputa
Anagrams
- stupide
Portuguese
Verb
dispute
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of disputar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of disputar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of disputar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of disputar
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [di?spute]
Noun
dispute f
- indefinite plural of disput?
- indefinite genitive/dative singular of disput?
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dis?pute/, [d?is?pu.t?e]
Verb
dispute
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of disputar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of disputar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of disputar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of disputar.
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