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alleged
/əˈlɛdʒd/
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What does alleged mean?
verb
- simple past and past participle of allege
adjective
- Asserted (or supposed), but not proved.
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IPA pronunciation
/əˈlɛdʒd/
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Modern psychology, it may be, will endeavor to reduce these alleged necromancies within a system, instead of rejecting them as altogether fabulous.
It has been alleged as a slur upon Mrs. B's results and character that she has been twice prosecuted by the police.
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She then alleged the parentage was so and so, but this matter was in turn looked up and found to be false.
They tell us, also, that Catulus himself alleged this in vindication of his honor, accusing, in various ways, the enviousness of Marius.
We have already referred to the claim alleged to have been made by Anaxagoras that snow is not really white, but black.