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allege

/əˈledʒ/uh-LEJ
/əˈlɛdʒ/uh-LEJ

Meaningto send, despatch

Common meaning: to claim without proof

Journey through time

  1. Latinallegare‘to send, despatch’source
  2. Frenchalleguersource
  3. Middle Englishaleggensource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsto send, despatch → to claim without proofallege‘to claim without proof’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin allegare ‘to send, despatch’.

Roots

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