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counterallege

counterallege verb: to allege in response to another allegation.

Verb

counterallege (third-person singular simple present counteralleges, present participle counteralleging, simple past and past participle counteralleged)

  1. (transitive) To allege in response to another allegation.

Forms of counterallege

third-person singular presentcounteralleges
present participlecounteralleging
past participlecounteralleged
pastcounteralleged

Origin of counterallege

counter- + allege

Questions about counterallege

What does counterallege mean?
Counterallege means to allege in response to another allegation.
What part of speech is counterallege?
Counterallege is a verb.
What is the past tense of counterallege?
The past tense of counterallege is counteralleged.

Words near counterallege in the dictionary

  1. counteragitator
  2. counteragitators
  3. counterair
  4. counterallegation
  5. counterallegations
  6. counterallege
  7. counteralleged
  8. counteralleges
  9. counterallegiance
  10. counterallegiances
  11. counteralleging

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