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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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purported
English
Etymology
purport +? -ed
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /p???p??.t?d/, /p???po??.t?d/
Adjective
purported
- Supposed, or assumed to be.
- Normally assumed to be.
- Said by some people to be real or true or to have happened, although this may not be so
Translations
Verb
purported
- simple past tense and past participle of purport
Anagrams
- prorupted
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