allude : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: allude	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
allude v make a more or less disguised reference to; "He alluded to the problem but did not mention it" Synonym(s): allude, touch, advert
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Allude \Allude"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Alluded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Alluding}.] [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. These speeches . . . do seem to allude* unto such ministerial garments as were then in use. --Hooker. Syn: To refer; point; indicate; hint; suggest; intimate; signify; insinuate; advert. See {Refer}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Allude \Al*lude"\, v. t. To compare allusively; to refer (something) as applicable. [Obs.] --Wither.