Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Allude"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Allude \Al*lude"\, 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
allude
v : make a more or less disguised reference to; "He alluded to
the problem but did not mention it" [syn: {touch}, {advert}]
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