Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Allege \Al*lege"\ ([a^]l*l[e^]j"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Alleged}
   (-l[e^]jd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Alleging}.] [OE. aleggen to
   bring forward as evidence, OF. esligier to buy, prop. to free
   from legal difficulties, fr. an assumed LL. exlitigare; L. ex
   + litigare to quarrel, sue (see {Litigate}). The word was
   confused with L. allegare (see {Allegation}), and lex law.
   Cf. {Allay}.]
   1. To bring forward with positiveness; to declare; to affirm;
      to assert; as, to allege a fact.

   2. To cite or quote; as, to allege the authority of a judge.
      [Archaic]

   3. To produce or urge as a reason, plea, or excuse; as, he
      refused to lend, alleging a resolution against lending.

   Syn: To bring forward; adduce; advance; assign; produce;
        declare; affirm; assert; aver; predicate.