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alleged

Syllables: al·leged/əˈlɛdʒd/

alleged is the simple past and past participle of allege.

Meaning of allege

Verb (1)

allege (third-person singular simple present alleges, present participle alleging, simple past and past participle alleged)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To state under oath, to plead.
  2. (archaic) To cite or quote an author or his work for or against.
  3. (transitive) To adduce (something) as a reason, excuse, support etc.
    • I will further alleage a storie[…]to make us palpably feele his naturall condition.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 39, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    plead
  4. (transitive) To make a claim as justification or proof; to make an assertion without proof.
    • The agency alleged that my credit history had problems.

Verb (2)

allege (third-person singular simple present alleges, present participle alleging, simple past and past participle alleged)

  1. (obsolete) To lighten, diminish.
    • and suffir never your soveraynté to be alledged with your subjects,1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book V, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H[einrich]...

Adjective

alleged (not comparable)

  1. Asserted (or supposed), but not proved.
    • alleged crime
    • alleged involvement
    Synonyms:
    presumed

Synonyms of alleged

Words formed from alleged

Words that rhyme with alleged

Questions about alleged

What does alleged mean?
Alleged means asserted (or supposed), but not proved.
What is alleged the simple past and past participle of?
Alleged is the simple past and past participle of allege.
What part of speech is alleged?
Alleged is an adjective.
How do you pronounce alleged?
Alleged is pronounced /əˈlɛdʒd/.

Words near alleged in the dictionary

  1. allegeable
  2. allegeance
  3. allegeances
  4. allegeaunce
  5. allegeaunces
  6. alleged
  7. allegededly
  8. allegedly
  9. allegement
  10. allegements
  11. alleger

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Adapted from Wiktionary: alleged (page history and authors); allege (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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