All 4 Uses of
allege
in
Jane Eyre
- Miss Temple, having assembled the whole school, announced that inquiry had been made into the charges alleged against Jane Eyre, and that she was most happy to be able to pronounce her completely cleared from every imputation.†
p. 88.3 *alleged = said
- I did not like to walk at this hour alone with Mr. Rochester in the shadowy orchard; but I could not find a reason to allege for leaving him.†
p. 288.5allege = claim
- I am in a condition to prove my allegation: an insuperable impediment to this marriage exists.†
p. 334.2allegation = something claimed and in need of proof or disproof
- "That I am not Edward Rochester's bride is the least part of my woe," I alleged: "that I have wakened out of most glorious dreams, and found them all void and vain, is a horror I could bear and master; but that I must leave him decidedly, instantly, entirely, is intolerable.†
p. 343.2alleged = said
Definition:
claim
(In law, this is something that is said and is in need of proof or disproof.)
(In law, this is something that is said and is in need of proof or disproof.)