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allude

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Verb (intransitive)

HYPHEN

al=lude

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb allude has 1 sense

allude(v = verb.communication) advert, touch - make a more or less disguised reference to; "He alluded to the problem but did not mention it"

is one way to hint, suggest

Derived forms noun allusion₁, adjective allusive₁

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP

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CIDE DICTIONARY

allude, v. i. [L. alludere to play with, to allude; ad + ludere to play.].

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. [1913 Webster]

"These speeches . . . do seem to allude unto such ministerial garments as were then in use." [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- To refer; point; indicate; hint; suggest; intimate; signify; insinuate; advert. See Refer.

allude, v. t.

To compare allusively; to refer (something) as applicable. Wither. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

allude, v.intr. (foll. by to)
1 refer, esp. indirectly, covertly, or briefly to.
2 disp. mention.

Etymology

L alludere (as AD-, ludere lus- play)

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