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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Alluded

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Alluding

[L.

alludere

to play with, to allude;

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

Verb.

To compare allusively; to refer (something) as applicable.

[Obs.]

Wither.

Verb.

[L. alludo, to smile upon or make sport with of ad and ludo, to play.]

To refer to something not directly mentioned; to have reference; to hint at by remote suggestions; as, that story alludes to a recent transaction.