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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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urge
English
Etymology
From Latin urge? (“urge”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??d??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?d??/
- Rhymes: -??(?)d?
Noun
urge (plural urges)
- A strong desire; an itch to do something.
Translations
Verb
urge (third-person singular simple present urges, present participle urging, simple past and past participle urged)
- (transitive) To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.
- (transitive) To press the mind or will of; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity.
- (transitive) To provoke; to exasperate.
- (transitive) To press hard upon; to follow closely.
- Man?? and for ever?? wretch?! what wouldst thou have?? / Heir urges heir, like wave impelling wave.
- (transitive) To present in an urgent manner; to insist upon.
- (transitive, obsolete) To treat with forcible means; to take severe or violent measures with.
- (transitive) To press onward or forward.
- (transitive) To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.
Synonyms
- animate
- incite
- impel
- instigate
- stimulate
- encourage
Related terms
- urgent
Translations
See also
- surge
Anagrams
- Guer., Ruge, geru, grue, regu
French
Verb
urge
- third-person singular present indicative of urger
Anagrams
- grue
Italian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -urd?e
Verb
urge
- third-person singular present indicative of urgere
Latin
Verb
urg?
- second-person singular present active imperative of urge?
Portuguese
Verb
urge
- third-person singular present indicative of urgir
- second-person singular imperative of urgir
Spanish
Verb
urge
- Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of urgir.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of urgir.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of urgir.
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- whataburger menu
- what urgent care is open near me
- what urgent care accepts medicaid
- what urgent care accepts molina
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