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alleging

alleging is the present participle and gerund 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]...

Noun

alleging (plural allegings)

  1. allegation
    • The archbishop said to me, All these allegings that thou bringest forth, are nothing else but proud presumptuousness.c. 1400, William Thorpe, The Examination of William Thorpe

Forms of alleging

pluralallegings

Questions about alleging

What does alleging mean?
Alleging means allegation.
What is alleging the present participle and gerund of?
Alleging is the present participle and gerund of allege.
What part of speech is alleging?
Alleging is a noun.
What is the plural of alleging?
The plural of alleging is allegings.

Words near alleging in the dictionary

  1. allegiants
  2. allegias
  3. allegiaunce
  4. allegiaunces
  5. allegience
  6. alleging
  7. allegings
  8. allegoresis
  9. allegoric
  10. allegorical
  11. allegoricality

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