Synonyms:
allege, aver, say
Meaning: report or maintain; "He alleged that he was the victim of a crime"; "He said it was too late to intervene in the war"; "The registrar says that I owe the school money"
Usage examples
It might allege a necessity of doing this in order to give efficacy to the national revenues.
For with such a law there would be no promises at all, since it would be in vain to allege my intention in regard to my future actions to those who would not believe this allegation, or if they over hastily did so would pay me back in my own coin.