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Definition of alleging : of Allege

Synonyms:

arraigning, incriminating, complaining, inculpating, scolding, accusing, blaming, impeaching, imputing, reproaching, denouncing, condemning, implicating, charging, citing, criticizing

litigating, subpoenaing, suing, prosecuting, indicting

Usage examples:

• Upon this, envoys arrived from Lacedaemon, alleging that this would be a breach of the truce, and laying claim to the town upon the faith of the assertion of Brasidas, and meanwhile offering to submit the question to arbitration. - "The History of the Peloponnesian War", Thucydides.
• Henri had asked his friend to accompany him in the attack which he was to make near the river, but Adolphe had excused himself, alleging that he had a great dislike to the water, and that he would in preference accompany Charles de Lescure. - "La Vendée An Historical Romance", Anthony Trollope.
• When in 1907 friends came and asked me to accept the presidency of the Peace Society of New York, which they had determined to organize, I declined, alleging that I was kept very busy with many affairs, which was true; but my conscience troubled me afterwards for declining. - "Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie", Andrew Carnegie.