allegate

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UK/ˈælɪˌɡeɪt/Canada, US/ˈæləˌɡeɪt/Australia/ˈæləˌɡæɪt/New Zealand/ˈɛləˌɡæɪt/

verb

To make an allegation of; to allege.

Scrabble 9

Meanings

allegate1

verballegate (third-person singular simple present allegates, present participle allegating, simple past and past participle allegated)

present singular third person allegates · participle present allegating · participle past allegated · past allegated

  1. nonstandardrareTo make an allegation of; to allege.

    Hence we may infer that, (1) as Phrenologists allegate, the brain is compartmental, each compartment having its own peculiar modes of action, independent of and unaffected by the others […]

    1831, W. Henderson, “Rules for improving the Health of the Delicate”, in The Gentleman's Magazine, volume 150, page 626
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    Jesus de Galindes, the Basque Separatist allegates in his book, "Los vascos en el Madrid sitiado" (Vasco Ekin, Buenos Aires, 1945 page 140): "But it is only fair to grant the foresight revealed by the Communist Party.

    1966, José Manuel Martínez Bande, Communist Intervention in the Spanish War, 1936-1939, page 44

    A brief filed by the ISU allegated the USDA's sugar estimation "was one of the most inflationary devices operated during 1966 to raise a commodity price to food processors and ultimately to consumers."

    1967, Vend, volume 21, page 52

allegate2

verballegate (third-person singular simple present allegates, present participle allegating, simple past and past participle allegated)

present singular third person allegates · participle present allegating · participle past allegated · past allegated

  1. nonstandardraretransitiveTo delegate.

    Upon motion, the chairman was given the power to allegate the fields of investigation to the various committee members.

    1919, The Oregon State Teachers' Association Quarterly, page 10
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    Authorizes the Railroad Retirement Board to exercise functions identical to those allegated the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, supra, with respect to individuals to whom this portion applies.

    1963, Digest of Public General Bills and Resolutions, volume 88, Library of Congress Congressional Research Service, page A-43

    It means that the school doctor and his team must spend more time on discovering neurological deficits and allegate the usual physical checkup to the family physician or pediatric well-child clinic.

    1967, Norris G. Haring, Methods in special education, page 379

Origin

allegate · verb

Back-formation from allegation.

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allegate · verb

A confusion of allocate with delegate.

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APA

allegate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/allegate

MLA

“allegate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/allegate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “allegate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/allegate.

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