Dictionary Entry
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
- 1transitive verb
To bring forward with positiveness; to declare; to affirm; to assert; as, to allege a fact.
- 2transitive verb
To cite or quote; as, to allege the authority of a judge.
- 3transitive verb
To produce or urge as a reason, plea, or excuse; as, he refused to lend, alleging a resolution against lending.
- 4transitive verb
To alleviate; to lighten, as a burden or a trouble.
- 5verb
report or maintain
"He alleged that he was the victim of a crime"
"He said it was too late to intervene in the war"
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