Allege

Morpheme

Allege

Type

free base

Denotation

make a formal declaration, pronounce positively, claim as true, name, produce in evidence

Etymology

of uncertain origin, in form from Anglo-Norman aleger; Old French eslegier; Latin ex- + lītigāre and in meaning from French alléguer; Latin allēgāre, adlēgāre, from ad- + lēgāre

Evidence

allegation, allege, allegeable, alleged, allegedly, alleger, alleges, alleging, misallegation, misallege, reallege

See Also

al-, Lege, Litige