allege

allege is a 6-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To bring forward with positiveness; to declare; to affirm; to assert; as, to allege a fact. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 10 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To bring forward with positiveness; to declare; to affirm; to assert; as, to allege a fact.
2. transitive verb. To cite or quote; as, to allege the authority of a judge.
3. transitive verb. To produce or urge as a reason, plea, or excuse; as, he refused to lend, alleging a resolution against lending.
4. transitive verb. To alleviate; to lighten, as a burden or a trouble.
5. verb. report or maintain

   "He alleged that he was the victim of a crime"

   "He said it was too late to intervene in the war"

   Synonyms: aver, say

Synonyms

aver, say

Common word forms

alleged, alleger, alleges, alleging, allegeable, allegement

Words from these letters

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