| allegation | (n) (law) a formal accusation against somebody (often in a court of law), Example: an allegation of malpractice |
| allegation | (n) statements affirming or denying certain matters of fact that you are prepared to prove, Syn. allegement |
| allege | (v) report or maintain, Syn. say, aver, Example: He alleged that he was the victim of a crime; He said it was too late to intervene in the war; The registrar says that I owe the school money |
| allegedly | (adv) according to what has been alleged, Example: he was on trial for allegedly murdering his wife |
| alleghenies | (n) the western part of the Appalachian Mountains; extending from northern Pennsylvania to southwestern Virginia, Syn. Allegheny Mountains |
| allegheny | (n) a river that rises in Pennsylvania and flows north into New York and then back south through Pennsylvania again to join the Monongahela River at Pittsburgh which is the beginning of the Ohio River, Syn. Allegheny River |
| allegheny chinkapin | (n) shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nuts, Syn. dwarf chestnut, Castanea pumila, chinquapin, eastern chinquapin |
| allegheny plum | (n) wild plum of northeastern United States having dark purple fruits with yellow flesh, Syn. Prunus alleghaniensis, sloe, Alleghany plum |
| allegheny spurge | (n) low semi-evergreen perennial herb having small spikes of white or pinkish flowers; native to southern United States but grown elsewhere, Syn. Allegheny mountain spurge, Pachysandra procumbens |
| allegiance | (n) the loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or subjects to their sovereign), Syn. fealty |
| Allegation | n. [ L. allegatio, fr. allegare, allegatum, to send a message, cite; later, to free by giving reasons; ad + legare to send, commission. Cf. Allege and Adlegation. ] I thought their allegation but reasonable. Steele. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Allege | v. t. [ See Allay. ] To alleviate; to lighten, as a burden or a trouble. [ Obs. ] Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Allege | v. t. |
| Allegeable | a. Capable of being alleged or affirmed. [ 1913 Webster ] The most authentic examples allegeable in the case. South. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Allegeance | n. Allegation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Allegement | n. Allegation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] With many complaints and allegements. Bp. Sanderson. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Alleger | n. One who affirms or declares. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Allegge | v. t. See Alegge and Allay. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Alleghanian | |
| Alleghany | a. |
| Allegorie { f }; Sinnbild { n }; Gleichnis { n }; sinnbildliche Darstellung | allegory [Add to Longdo] |
| Allegro { n }; lebhaftes Tempo [ mus. ] | allegro [Add to Longdo] |
| allegorisch; sinbildlich; gleichnishaft { adj } | allegoric; allegorical [Add to Longdo] |
| allegorisieren; versinnbildlichen; sinnbildlich darstellen; gleichnishaft darstellen | allegorisierend | allegorisiert | to allegorize; to allegorate | allegorizing | allegorized [Add to Longdo] |