See allege in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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\"roman\": \"ischyrízomai\", \"sense\": \"to assert without proof\", \"word\": \"ισχυρίζομαι\"}, {\"code\": \"it\", \"lang\": \"Italian\", \"sense\": \"to assert without proof\", \"word\": \"sostenere\"}, {\"code\": \"it\", \"lang\": \"Italian\", \"sense\": \"to assert without proof\", \"word\": \"asserire\"}, {\"alt\": \"しゅちょうする\", \"code\": \"ja\", \"lang\": \"Japanese\", \"roman\": \"shuchō suru\", \"sense\": \"to assert without proof\", \"word\": \"主張する\"}, {\"alt\": \"けんでんする\", \"code\": \"ja\", \"lang\": \"Japanese\", \"roman\": \"kenden suru\", \"sense\": \"to assert without proof\", \"word\": \"喧伝する\"}, {\"code\": \"ja\", \"lang\": \"Japanese\", \"roman\": \"iiharu\", \"sense\": \"to assert without proof\", \"word\": \"言い張る\"}, {\"code\": \"la\", \"lang\": \"Latin\", \"sense\": \"to assert without proof\", \"word\": \"praetentō\"}, {\"code\": \"pt\", \"lang\": \"Portuguese\", \"sense\": \"to assert without proof\", \"word\": \"alegar\"}, {\"code\": \"ru\", \"lang\": \"Russian\", \"roman\": \"bezosnovátelʹno utverždátʹ\", \"sense\": \"to assert without proof\", \"tags\": [\"imperfective\"], \"word\": \"безоснова́тельно утвержда́ть\"}, {\"code\": \"ru\", \"lang\": \"Russian\", \"roman\": \"goloslóvno utverždátʹ\", \"sense\": \"to assert without proof\", \"tags\": [\"imperfective\"], \"word\": \"голосло́вно утвержда́ть\"}, {\"code\": \"gd\", \"lang\": \"Scottish Gaelic\", \"sense\": \"to assert without proof\", \"word\": \"cuir às leth\"}, {\"code\": \"es\", \"lang\": \"Spanish\", \"sense\": \"to assert without proof\", \"word\": \"alegar\"}, {\"code\": \"es\", \"lang\": \"Spanish\", \"sense\": \"to assert without proof\", \"word\": \"afirmar\"}, {\"code\": \"sv\", \"lang\": \"Swedish\", \"sense\": \"to assert without proof\", \"word\": \"påstå\"}, {\"code\": \"te\", \"lang\": \"Telugu\", \"roman\": \"ārōpiñcu\", \"sense\": \"to assert without proof\", \"word\": \"ఆరోపించు\"}, {\"code\": \"vi\", \"lang\": \"Vietnamese\", \"sense\": \"to assert without proof\", \"word\": \"cáo buộc\"}], \"word\": \"allege\"}",
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"section": "English",
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"title": "allege",
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