Allude

Word ALLUDE
Character 6
Hyphenation al lude
Pronunciations /əˈluːd/

Definitions and meanings of "Allude"

What do we mean by allude?

To make an indirect reference. intransitive verb

To play with or make game of.

To compare.

To make an allusion; refer casually or indirectly: with to (formerly also unto).

To pun; have a punning reference.

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

To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion; to have reference to a subject not specifically and plainly mentioned; -- followed by to. intransitive verb

To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion verb

Make a more or less disguised reference to verb

To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Allude

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The word "allude" in example sentences

Could the title allude, Raveh wonders, to an ink fountain, the means by which Izzy creates her own slice of immortality, the completion of which she leaves to Tom? ❋ Abigail Nussbaum (2006)

Documented proof to which you allude is not being produced, therefore your words have little meaning. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In connexion with politeness, I would again allude to the great importance of habits of observation. ❋ Unknown (1831)

The power of that species of poetry to which we allude is now greatly increased also, at least in extent of operation, by the admission among the number of judges, of so great a mass of half-educated persons, to whom the story is every thing, and the poetry almost nothing. ❋ Unknown (1819)

Sort of off-topic, but I believe the word you're looking for in the last sentence of this piece is "allude" -- ninjas elude, writers allude. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Her title of Princesse du Sang Royal de France was suppressed (February 7th, 1737) by an arret of the parliament of Paris.] 79 The singular anecdote to which I allude is related in the Recueil des Pieces interessantes et peu connues, (Maestricht, 1786, in 4 vols. 12mo.;) and the unknown editor quotes his author, who had received it from Helene de Courtenay, marquise de Beaufremont.] ❋ Unknown (1206)

I did kind of allude to the whole Warboy thing in the title discussion? ❋ Ah Yuan // Wingstodust (2009)

Most of the comments i''ve read thus far are perpetuating the very thing they "allude" to despising and yet it is The continued self defeating attitudes that this is where it is. ❋ Unknown (2008)

She doesn't "allude" to anything; she spells it out with sourced quotes from the horse's mouth. ❋ Unknown (2008)

And actually, what they say on their Web site, they almost kind of allude to that, that you should be careful. ❋ Unknown (2007)

So someone tell me why is it okay to objectify women and "allude" to sex while engaging in excessively violent behavior in a very very realistic video game, but we draw a line when we can actually SEE the sexual acts? ❋ Unknown (2005)

All photos that integrate Beautiful Monster allude to a very particular concept of beauty sometimes unusual, alien or even beautifully monstrous, to its ephemeral nature and the passage of time. ❋ Evelyne Politanoff (2011)

The lawsuit frenzy, to which you allude, makes matters worse for us by increasing the overall cost of doing business. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A couple of bleak U.S. reports added weight to hopes of a third round of quantitative easing in the world's largest economy, which Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is expected to allude to at Friday's meeting of central bankers in Wyoming. ❋ Michele Maatouk (2011)

I don't usually spend so much time on this subject but your posts do allude to finding casual companionship or better. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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