Allude

Etymology
From alludere: < ad: + ludere:.

Verb

 * 1)  To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion
 * The story alludes to a recent event.
 * 1) * 1597, Richard Hooker, Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity, Book V, Chapter xxix.3, 1841 ed., page 523:
 * These speeches . . . do seem to allude unto such ministerial garments as were then in use.

Synonyms

 * advert, hint, imply, indicate, insinuate, intimate, point, refer, signify, suggest

Derived terms

 * allusive
 * allusion

Related terms

 * delude
 * elude
 * illude

Translations

 * Bulgarian: споменавам, загатвам
 * Croatian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * Romanian: aluzie


 * Russian: намекать, намекнуть ; , упомянуть
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:, referirse

Anagrams

 * aludel

Verb
allude



Anagrams

 * duella

Verb


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