allege
/əˈlɛd͡ʒ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.18 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "I will further alleage a storie[…]to make us palpably feele his naturall condition."
- "The agency alleged that my credit history had problems."
- "and suffir never your soveraynté to be alledged with your subjects,"
- "Hart that is inly hurt, is greatly eased / With hope of thing, that may allegge his smart[…]."
Etymology
From Middle English aleggen, perhaps from Old French alleguer, or from Anglo-Norman aleger, the form perhaps from Old French esligier (“to acquit”), from Medieval Latin *exlītigāre (“to clear at law”), from Latin ex (“out”) + lītigō (“sue at law”), but the meaning from Old French alleguer, from Latin allēgāre (“send on a mission, depute; relate, mention, adduce”), from ad (“to”) + lēgō (“send”). See also al-.