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Definition: ALLEGING

Part of Speech Definition
Verb 1. To claim, demand, assert or require.[Eve - graph theoretic]
2. Present participle conjugation of the verb allege.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(allege)
1. Report or maintain; "He alleged that he was the victim of a crime".[Wordnet].
2. To bring forward with positiveness; to declare; to affirm; to assert; as, to allege a fact.[Websters].
3. To cite or quote; as, to allege the authority of a judge.[Websters].
4. To produce or urge as a reason, plea, or excuse; as, he refused to lend, alleging a resolution against lending.[Websters].
5. To alleviate; to lighten, as a burden or a trouble.[Websters].
6. Base verb from the following inflections: alleging, alleged, alleges, alleger, allegers, allegingly and allegedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008.

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Date "Alleging" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Definition: ALLEGING

Part of SpeechDefinition
Verb1. To claim, demand, assert or require.[Eve - graph theoretic]
2. Present participle conjugation of the verb allege.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(allege)
1. Report or maintain; "He alleged that he was the victim of a crime".[Wordnet].
2. To bring forward with positiveness; to declare; to affirm; to assert; as, to allege a fact.[Websters].
3. To cite or quote; as, to allege the authority of a judge.[Websters].
4. To produce or urge as a reason, plea, or excuse; as, he refused to lend, alleging a resolution against lending.[Websters].
5. To alleviate; to lighten, as a burden or a trouble.[Websters].
6. Base verb from the following inflections: alleging, alleged, alleges, alleger, allegers, allegingly and allegedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008.

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Date "ALLEGING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Specialty Expressions: allege

ExpressionsDomainDefinition
To allegeCivil RightsAlegar, sostener, afirmar, declarar. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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