allege

allege has 5 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 6.

Definitions

• v. t.. To bring forward with positiveness; to declare; to affirm; to assert; as, to allege a fact.
• v. t.. To cite or quote; as, to allege the authority of a judge.
• v. t.. To produce or urge as a reason, plea, or excuse; as, he refused to lend, alleging a resolution against lending.
• v. t.. To alleviate; to lighten, as a burden or a trouble.
• v.. report or maintain; "He alleged that he was the victim of a crime"; "He said it was too late to intervene in the war"; "The registrar says that I owe the school money"