alleger

al·lege

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [uh-lej]
- /əˈlɛdʒ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [uh-lej]
- /əˈlɛdʒ/

Definitions of alleger word

noun alleger a person who alleges 3
verb with object alleger to assert without proof. 1
verb with object alleger to declare with positiveness; affirm; assert: to allege a fact. 1
verb with object alleger to declare before a court or elsewhere, as if under oath. 1
verb with object alleger to plead in support of; offer as a reason or excuse. 1
verb with object alleger Archaic. to cite or quote in confirmation. 1

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Origin of alleger

First appearance:

before 1275

One of the 13% oldest English words

1275-1325; Middle English alleg(g)en, probably < Old French aleguer (< Medieval Latin, Latin allēgāre to adduce in support of a plea; see allegation), conflated with Anglo-French, Old French aleg(i)er to justify, free, literally, to lighten (< Late Latin alleviāre; see alleviate); homonymous Middle English v. alleg(g)en, with literal sense of Old French aleg(i)er, replaced by allay in 16th cent.

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Parts of speech for Alleger

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Alleger

alleger popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 86% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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