All 3 Uses of
allege
in
Kidnapped
- But the gillie, who was indeed the chief man of Cluny's scouts, had good reasons to give him on all hands, naming the force of troops in every district, and alleging finally (as well as I could understand) that we should nowhere be so little troubled as in a country of the Campbells.†
Chpt 24
- He was sought upon all sides on a charge of carrying a young woman from Balfron and marrying her (as was alleged) by force; yet he stepped about Balquhidder like a gentleman in his own walled policy.†
Chpt 25
- It was impossible but he should conceive some suspicion of two men lying all day concealed in a thicket and having no business to allege.
Chpt 26 *allege = claim (assert without proof)
Definition:
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(allege) claim
(In law, this is something that is said and is in need of proof or disproof.)