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allegate

UK/ˈælɪˌɡeɪt/US/ˈælɪˌɡeɪt/

allegate verb: to make an allegation of; to allege.

Verb (1)

allegate (third-person singular simple present allegates, present participle allegating, simple past and past participle allegated)

  1. (nonstandard, rare) To make an allegation of; to allege.
    • Hence we may infer that, (1) as Phrenologists allegate, the brain is compartmental, each compartment having its own peculiar modes of action, independent of and unaffected by the others […]1831, W. Henderson, “Rules for improving the Health of the Delicate”, in The Gentleman's Magazine, volume 150, page 626
    • Jesus de Galindes, the Basque Separatist allegates in his book, "Los vascos en el Madrid sitiado" (Vasco Ekin, Buenos Aires, 1945 page 140): "But it is only fair to grant the foresight revealed by the Communist Party.1966, José Manuel Martínez Bande, Communist Intervention in the Spanish War, 1936-1939, page 44

Verb (2)

allegate (third-person singular simple present allegates, present participle allegating, simple past and past participle allegated)

  1. (nonstandard, rare, transitive) To delegate.
    • Upon motion, the chairman was given the power to allegate the fields of investigation to the various committee members.1919, The Oregon State Teachers' Association Quarterly, page 10
    • Authorizes the Railroad Retirement Board to exercise functions identical to those allegated the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, supra, with respect to individuals to whom this portion applies.1963, Digest of Public General Bills and Resolutions, volume 88, Library of Congress Congressional Research Service, page A-43

Forms of allegate

third-person singular presentallegates
present participleallegating
past participleallegated
pastallegated

Origin of allegate

Back-formation from allegation.

A confusion of allocate with delegate.

Words formed from allegate

Questions about allegate

What does allegate mean?
Allegate means to make an allegation of; to allege.
What part of speech is allegate?
Allegate is a verb.
How do you pronounce allegate?
Allegate is pronounced /ˈælɪˌɡeɪt/ (UK).
What is the past tense of allegate?
The past tense of allegate is allegated.

Words near allegate in the dictionary

  1. Allegan
  2. Allegan County
  3. Alleganian
  4. Allegany
  5. Allegany County
  6. allegate
  7. allegated
  8. allegates
  9. allegating
  10. allegation
  11. allegations

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