Definition of alludes Alludes

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Verb alludes, alluding, alluded
allude - make a more or less disguised reference to; "He alluded to the problem but did not mention it"
		touch, advert
		hint, suggest drop a hint; intimate by a hint

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allude (v. i.)
To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion; to have reference to a subject not specifically and plainly mentioned; -- followed by to; as, the story alludes to a recent transaction.
allude (v. t.)
To compare allusively; to refer (something) as applicable.

allude
al-lūd′, v.i. to mention slightly, or convey an indirect reference to, in passing: to refer to.—n. Allū′sion, an indirect reference.—adj. Allus′ive, alluding to: hinting at: referring to indirectly.—adv. Allus′ively.—Allusive arms (her.), also canting or punning arms, and armes parlantes, those in which the charges convey reference to the bearer's name or title, as the column of the Colonna family, the Vele calf (O. Fr. veël, a calf), the Arundel martlets (O. Fr. arondel, a young swallow). [L. alludĕre—ad, at, ludĕre, lusum, to play.]