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Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion; to invoke it by implication rather than mention. intransitive

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

2. 2
   make a more or less disguised reference to wordnet

Synonyms

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advertadvertbring uphinthintimply

Example

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"In the early part of my study, I allude to work that had already been done on the psychology of crowd-control."

Etymology

From Middle French alluder, from Latin alludere (“to play with or allude”), from ad + ludere (“to play”).

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