Meaning & use
Allegate
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To state something formally as a fact or claim, especially as an argument or plea in a legal or formal proceeding; to allege.
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The defense sought to allegate new evidence that had not been part of the original filing.
In his petition, he allegated that the contract had been signed under duress.
A note on using this word
Now archaic and largely replaced by 'allege' in everyday and legal English, though it occasionally appears in older statutes and historical legal writing.
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