allegationn.

Brit.

/ˌalᵻˈɡeɪʃn/, U.S.

/ˌæləˈɡeɪʃ(ə)n/

Forms: late Middle English adlegacyon, late Middle English allegacioun, late Middle English–1500s allegacion, 1500s alegacion, 1500s alligation, 1500s allygation, 1500s– allegation, 1600s alleagation, 1600s alligacion; Scottish pre-1700 allegacion, pre-1700 allegacioun, pre-1700 1700s– allegation.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French allegation; Latin allēgātiōn-, allēgātiō.

Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman allegacioun, aligacione, Anglo-Norman and Middle French allegacion (French allégation) declaration or plea that one makes to justify oneself (1235 in Old French), argument, argued case, something alleged (14th cent.), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin allēgātiōn-, allēgātiō (also adlēgātiōn- , adlēgātiō ) representation made on behalf of another, intercession, also something alleged, charge (2nd cent. a.d.), in post-classical Latin also written document that may be produced as proof (c400) < allēgāt- , past participial stem of allēgāre allegate v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare allegate v., allegeance n.², and also adlegation n.

1. Law. A declaration or plea made before a legal tribunal; a legal proof advanced as a ground or plea. Now historical and rare (in later use passing into sense 2).

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > accusation, allegation, or indictment > [noun] > a charge, accusation, or allegation

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advocacya1413

allegeancea1430

objection1440

surmise1451

charge1477

ditement1502

crimination1534

allegement1594

appeach1628

1402 Dundee Charters (1880) No. 22 Al euidentz, resons & allegacions proponit.

1476 in T. Thomson Acts Lords Auditors (1839) 52 The sadis partijs beand personaly present & thare allegations & witnessingis..herd.

?1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton i. sig. avi After alle allegacions and compleyntes made of bothe partes.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Boke yf Eneydos xxix. sig. H.iiij An aunswere to the adlegacyons of Proserpyne.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccxxi. f. cxli^v Whan Thomas had harde all the Alegacions, he denyed all.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iii. i. 181 To sweare False allegations, to o'rethrow his state.

1667 Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (1743) i. ii. viii. 73 The office of the Register is to attend the court, to receive all libels, or bills, allegations and exhibits of witnesses.

1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 352 A recusatory Libel or Allegation ought to be offer'd before the Judge recus'd, if he be present in Court.

1772 S. Denne & W. Shrubsole Hist. Rochester 128 Their allegations against their Spiritual governor were groundless.

1823 J. Lingard Hist. Eng. VI. 202 The king's counsel laboured to prove three allegations.

1862 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. (ed. 3) xix. §6. 356 An officer of the court takes the allegation, the libel, or the interrogatories.

1981 N. Currer-Briggs Debrett's Guide to Tracing Ancestry (1984) vi. 89 The records..of a marriage licence were the ‘allegation’, a declaration on oath by the bride or bridegroom of their freedom to marry.

2. The action or an act of alleging something; an unproved claim or assertion (in later use esp. of illicit or illegal behaviour). Also: an unfounded statement or accusation.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [noun]

allegationc1425

allegeancea1430

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predicationc1475

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asseveration1566

avouchment1574

avouching1580

allegement1594

avouchy1631

averment1633

vouchmenta1670

the mind > language > statement > assertion without proof > [noun]

allegationc1425

pretensionc1449

alleging1528

allegement1594

allegeancea1649

c1425 Bk. Found. St. Bartholomew's (1923) 6 (MED) With worthier sentences and better allegacion.

1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance Pref. sig. aiv How vntrue their allegations be, & on how feble a foundation they are buylded, it shall in this wise appere vnto wise men.

1557 Confut. Tyndales Aunswere (new ed.) in Wks. Sir T. More 507/1 To proue you the foly of that allegacion.

1594 H. Plat Diuerse Sorts of Soyle 19 in Jewell House My former allegation, that those oysters are nourished with salt.

1634 J. Levett Ordering of Bees 63 This allegation is true: for I have often seene a hive cast a swarme, and within foure dayes cast another.

1658 J. Bramhall Consecration Protestant Bishops Justified i. 10 The proofe of both these allegations.

1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 498. ⁋3 I thought their allegations but reasonable.

1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1775 I. 457 He also persevered in his wild allegation, that he questioned if there was a tree between Edinburgh and the English border older than himself.

1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. xx. 352 Nor ought we to call the allegation in question.

1870 Daily News 25 July 5 The allegation of an excited orator.

1939 H. L. Mencken Diary 5 Oct. (1989) 129 The allegations brought forward in this trial were highly scandalous.

1957 Economist 28 Sept. 1004/2 The allegation of a ‘leak’ about last Thursday's increase in Bank rate has brought forth understandable indignation from those City dealers whose fingers were burned.

2002 D. Aitkenhead Promised Land xiii. 131 Every day the newspapers carried new allegations based on rumour and suspicion.

†3. A statement giving a reason or excuse for something; the action or an act of making such a statement. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > excuse > [noun]

assoin1297

excusationc1380

pleaa1382

excusement1393

sunyiea1400

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allegation?1510

scuse1523

subterfuge1581

apology1598

alibi1857

out1919

the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > motive > specious motive or pretext > alleged motive or excuse

occasiona1398

pretencec1425

colour?1435

excuse1494

allegation1614

pretension1624

umbrage1634

?1510 T. More in tr. G. F. Pico della Mirandola Lyfe I. Picus sig. f.v^v Say not thou lakkest might Such allegations folye hit is to vse.

1589 T. Cooper Admon. People of Eng. 115 That the people..did euer use such allegations for their owne excuse.

1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. ii. xix. §1. 506 This allegation of raggione del stato, did serue as well to vp-hold, as..to bring in this vile Idolatrie.

1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea lix. 142 In case he excuse himselfe with this allegation.

†4. The action of citing or quoting an authoritative (esp. scriptural) author, text, or passage. Also: such a cited text or passage; a citation. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > documentary evidence > [noun] > use of

allegation1535

citation1538

quotation1646

citing1699

recital1790

1535 Bible (Coverdale) (verso title page) The bokes of the whole Byble, how they are named in Englysh and Latyn, how longe they are wrytten in the allegacions.

1587 in T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. (new ed.) iv. xvi. f. 449^v Baptisme of infantes [is] prooued by allegations brought to disproue it.

1628 T. Spencer Art of Logick 120 The bare allegation of Aristotles words.

1673 J. Flavell Fountain of Life ix. 97 Which words are an allegation out of Moses.

1673 W. Penn Christian-Quaker xv. 569 The Allegation of that Scripture against us.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	allegation
释义	allegationn. Brit. /ˌalᵻˈɡeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌæləˈɡeɪʃ(ə)n/ Forms: late Middle English adlegacyon, late Middle English allegacioun, late Middle English–1500s allegacion, 1500s alegacion, 1500s alligation, 1500s allygation, 1500s– allegation, 1600s alleagation, 1600s alligacion; Scottish pre-1700 allegacion, pre-1700 allegacioun, pre-1700 1700s– allegation. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French allegation; Latin allēgātiōn-, allēgātiō. Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman allegacioun, aligacione, Anglo-Norman and Middle French allegacion (French allégation) declaration or plea that one makes to justify oneself (1235 in Old French), argument, argued case, something alleged (14th cent.), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin allēgātiōn-, allēgātiō (also adlēgātiōn- , adlēgātiō ) representation made on behalf of another, intercession, also something alleged, charge (2nd cent. a.d.), in post-classical Latin also written document that may be produced as proof (c400) < allēgāt- , past participial stem of allēgāre allegate v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare allegate v., allegeance n.², and also adlegation n. 1. Law. A declaration or plea made before a legal tribunal; a legal proof advanced as a ground or plea. Now historical and rare (in later use passing into sense 2). ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > accusation, allegation, or indictment > [noun] > a charge, accusation, or allegation crimec1384 calla1400 allegation1402 advocacya1413 allegeancea1430 objection1440 surmise1451 charge1477 ditement1502 crimination1534 allegement1594 appeach1628 1402 Dundee Charters (1880) No. 22 Al euidentz, resons & allegacions proponit. 1476 in T. Thomson Acts Lords Auditors (1839) 52 The sadis partijs beand personaly present & thare allegations & witnessingis..herd. ?1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton i. sig. avi After alle allegacions and compleyntes made of bothe partes. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Boke yf Eneydos xxix. sig. H.iiij An aunswere to the adlegacyons of Proserpyne. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccxxi. f. cxli^v Whan Thomas had harde all the Alegacions, he denyed all. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iii. i. 181 To sweare False allegations, to o'rethrow his state. View more context for this quotation 1667 Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (1743) i. ii. viii. 73 The office of the Register is to attend the court, to receive all libels, or bills, allegations and exhibits of witnesses. 1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 352 A recusatory Libel or Allegation ought to be offer'd before the Judge recus'd, if he be present in Court. 1772 S. Denne & W. Shrubsole Hist. Rochester 128 Their allegations against their Spiritual governor were groundless. 1823 J. Lingard Hist. Eng. VI. 202 The king's counsel laboured to prove three allegations. 1862 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. (ed. 3) xix. §6. 356 An officer of the court takes the allegation, the libel, or the interrogatories. 1981 N. Currer-Briggs Debrett's Guide to Tracing Ancestry (1984) vi. 89 The records..of a marriage licence were the ‘allegation’, a declaration on oath by the bride or bridegroom of their freedom to marry. 2. The action or an act of alleging something; an unproved claim or assertion (in later use esp. of illicit or illegal behaviour). Also: an unfounded statement or accusation. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [noun] allegationc1425 allegeancea1430 assertionc1449 predicationc1475 assertationa1535 asseveration1566 avouchment1574 avouching1580 allegement1594 avouchy1631 averment1633 vouchmenta1670 the mind > language > statement > assertion without proof > [noun] allegationc1425 pretensionc1449 alleging1528 allegement1594 allegeancea1649 c1425 Bk. Found. St. Bartholomew's (1923) 6 (MED) With worthier sentences and better allegacion. 1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance Pref. sig. aiv How vntrue their allegations be, & on how feble a foundation they are buylded, it shall in this wise appere vnto wise men. 1557 Confut. Tyndales Aunswere (new ed.) in Wks. Sir T. More 507/1 To proue you the foly of that allegacion. 1594 H. Plat Diuerse Sorts of Soyle 19 in Jewell House My former allegation, that those oysters are nourished with salt. 1634 J. Levett Ordering of Bees 63 This allegation is true: for I have often seene a hive cast a swarme, and within foure dayes cast another. 1658 J. Bramhall Consecration Protestant Bishops Justified i. 10 The proofe of both these allegations. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 498. ⁋3 I thought their allegations but reasonable. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1775 I. 457 He also persevered in his wild allegation, that he questioned if there was a tree between Edinburgh and the English border older than himself. 1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. xx. 352 Nor ought we to call the allegation in question. 1870 Daily News 25 July 5 The allegation of an excited orator. 1939 H. L. Mencken Diary 5 Oct. (1989) 129 The allegations brought forward in this trial were highly scandalous. 1957 Economist 28 Sept. 1004/2 The allegation of a ‘leak’ about last Thursday's increase in Bank rate has brought forth understandable indignation from those City dealers whose fingers were burned. 2002 D. Aitkenhead Promised Land xiii. 131 Every day the newspapers carried new allegations based on rumour and suspicion. †3. A statement giving a reason or excuse for something; the action or an act of making such a statement. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > excuse > [noun] assoin1297 excusationc1380 pleaa1382 excusement1393 sunyiea1400 chose15.. excusec1500 allegation?1510 scuse1523 subterfuge1581 apology1598 alibi1857 out1919 the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > motive > specious motive or pretext > alleged motive or excuse occasiona1398 pretencec1425 colour?1435 excuse1494 allegation1614 pretension1624 umbrage1634 ?1510 T. More in tr. G. F. Pico della Mirandola Lyfe I. Picus sig. f.v^v Say not thou lakkest might Such allegations folye hit is to vse. 1589 T. Cooper Admon. People of Eng. 115 That the people..did euer use such allegations for their owne excuse. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. ii. xix. §1. 506 This allegation of raggione del stato, did serue as well to vp-hold, as..to bring in this vile Idolatrie. 1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea lix. 142 In case he excuse himselfe with this allegation. †4. The action of citing or quoting an authoritative (esp. scriptural) author, text, or passage. Also: such a cited text or passage; a citation. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > documentary evidence > [noun] > use of allegation1535 citation1538 quotation1646 citing1699 recital1790 1535 Bible (Coverdale) (verso title page) The bokes of the whole Byble, how they are named in Englysh and Latyn, how longe they are wrytten in the allegacions. 1587 in T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. (new ed.) iv. xvi. f. 449^v Baptisme of infantes [is] prooued by allegations brought to disproue it. 1628 T. Spencer Art of Logick 120 The bare allegation of Aristotles words. 1673 J. Flavell Fountain of Life ix. 97 Which words are an allegation out of Moses. 1673 W. Penn Christian-Quaker xv. 569 The Allegation of that Scripture against us. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1402
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