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verb (v)

• report or maintain(verb.communication)

  Example:
  He alleged that he was the victim of a crime.
  

  Synonym:
  aver, say
  

  source: wordnet30
• To bring forward with positiveness; to declare; to affirm; to assert; as, to allege a fact.(verb)

  source: webster1913
• To alleviate; to lighten, as a burden or a trouble.(verb)

  source: webster1913