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allude

verb
/əˈljuːd/UK/əˈlud/CA/əˈlʉːd/

Etymology

From Middle French alluder, from Latin alludere (“to play with or allude”), from ad + ludere (“to play”). See also al-.

  1. derived from alludere
  2. borrowed from alluder

Definitions

  1. To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion

    To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion; to invoke it by implication rather than mention.

    • First, she alluded to her husband as "the man at home looking after the children". Then she referred to him as "my George".
    • These speeches . . . do seem to allude unto such ministerial garments as were then in use.
    • It was aptly said by Newton that "whatever is not deduced from facts must be regarded as hypothesis," but hypothesis appears to us a title too honourable for the crude guessings to which we allude.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA