Associations to the word «Allege»

Wiktionary

ALLEGE, verb. (obsolete) To lighten, diminish.
ALLEGE, verb. (obsolete) (transitive) To state under oath, to plead.
ALLEGE, verb. (archaic) To cite or quote an author or his work for or against.
ALLEGE, verb. (transitive) To adduce (something) as a reason, excuse, support etc.
ALLEGE, verb. (transitive) To make a claim as justification or proof; to make an assertion without proof.

Dictionary definition

ALLEGE, 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"; "The registrar says that I owe the school money".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King