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Definition of allude:

  • (verb) make a more or less disguised reference to;

Sentence Examples:

Alluding to the method of taming captured elephants in India.

We may trace it in many of the poems to which we have already alluded.

Why allude to Vane's scheme when nothing came of it?

He alludes to my absence; but I have not set myself up as a standard.

Whenever he alludes to right and wrong it is always with this old implication.

I never spoke of my expectations, I never alluded to my present advantages, yet I won her.

Rose alluded to this sad tale, there were few dry eyes among those who listened to him.

The value of hard surfaces on inclined armor will be alluded to.

I alluded before, gentlemen, to the circumstance of the defendant's being a married man.

"I have not been there; I have not even seen the person to whom you allude."

Neither can there be a history of that business written without alluding to myself.

He alluded to the Attorney-General's having spoken of him as "that wretched man, Flood."

He was fully as happy as he had been before, when the Fort Donelson affair was alluded to.

What in these lines enables you to determine the people and country alluded to?

It was the first time she had ever alluded to the fact.

On the other hand, he does not even allude to Buddhism in his independent works.

"I presume you know to what subject I allude," continued the Countess.

I alluded, just now, to my feelings at witnessing tricks played on the Freshmen.

It sent awful shivers down her spine to hear my august self alluded to as her "old man."

The letter alluded to by the lady he had received, and it had troubled him exceedingly.

He alluded, in a manly and graceful way, to his family and their character.

Then he felt that she could only allude to the victims of the wreck.

The Lombard wars of Charlemagne are the last to which I allude.

That letter is alluded to in the beginning of the following sheets.

Books which are merely alluded to are mentioned in English.

I allude, of course, to Bastian's "Beginnings of Life," which you have no doubt got.

Or was it that cruel parting to which he alluded?

In short, he possesses exactly that analytical faculty to which I alluded just now.

With your permission we will not allude to a matter so trifling and so personal.

I declare on my honor, Madam, I have not the least conception what act is alluded to.

When you first came I was not strong enough to allude to it, and I left it to your aunt.

"The misfortunes you allude to, are but one," said Elizabeth.

This judgment alludes only to the two grounds on which the appeal is based.

Explain how each of the influences alluded to in this chapter helps the teacher.

We allude to the introductory portion of the present scene.

She has never alluded to those hard words I used about her.

I allude to the lady you saw, first in front of and then behind the girl who was shot.

Were you serious when you alluded to the possibility that Lane Fleming had been murdered?

She never alluded to it; sometimes her children thought that she had not known it herself.

The conclusion that he alluded to a crowded Jersey stage-load is irresistible.

These were the savages alluded to in the short dialogue already related.

More might be added; but enough, too much has been alluded to.

I have not seen this fact alluded to by others.

Saturn's devouring his own children is supposed to allude to this custom.

There was one solution to which you did not allude.

The vessel alluded to led the fleet, being nearly hull-down to the eastward.

Whether he alluded to her logic or her face, we cannot say.

This, however, was not the hill to which Hoard had alluded in his conversation with me.

Neither was that of his brothers, when they beheld the object to which he had alluded.

In this home her looks were seldom alluded to in any way, and vanity was not in her.

His wife, however, should never be alluded to even in the most indirect manner.

At the time to which I allude, I had remained many days in the camp.

I guessed to whom he alluded; nor was I mistaken.

It was not prudent, I think, in gentlemen opposite to allude to those respectable names.

Well, that is not to be wondered at, for she seldom alludes to it.

I allude of course not so much to things she heard as to things she saw and felt.

She very seldom alluded to De Forest and never spoke of his being her constant companion.

There is nothing kind in your request and if there were, you would not so allude to it.

To allude to a thing means to refer to it in an indirect way.

I allude to the personal references to myself by name.

Indeed, my memory is nearly a blank up to the time to which I allude.

That Newton never mentions Bacon, nor alludes in any way to his works, passed for nothing.

Of this we surely have sad proof in the history of the past ten years alluded to.

There is a story told of my father which points to his playful manner here alluded to.

She supposed him to allude to her unhappy intrusion upon the tattooing.

"I own I was a little hurt just now by the tone in which you alluded to George."

"Did he speak of this spy in such a way that anyone would know to whom he alluded."

I allude to the subject with regret; and without entering into details.'

One scarcely hears it alluded to in society, except with a laugh, or a jest.

Oh, yes; he alluded to poor Willis and some others.

Fortunately, it will only be necessary to allude to a few of its chief features.

The Prophet understood that she was alluding to his questions, and felt cut to the heart.

He had fallen asleep then and after his recovery he had not alluded to the matter again.

Frank smiled to himself, but he did not allude to the will.

Will he respect those mighty interests to which I have just alluded?

It will, therefore, be necessary only to allude briefly to this part of our subject.

And that he had never alluded to it before seemed to them still more remarkable.

The details of this transaction are sufficiently alluded to in the text.

And not once had he alluded to the progress of her work.

Common trials need not be named: we allude only to a few of those that are most severe.

Her father was alluding to something which had occurred the day before yesterday.

To this Hardy made no reply; and the subject was not alluded to again in their walk home.

It alludes to the success which had been given to the prosecutions.

I am not aware if it is the one alluded to by your correspondents.

It is frequently alluded to by the Parliamentary writers of the period.

People don't generally like to have their faults alluded to.

Many of the facts alluded to are full of interest for me.

Cecilia by a nervous gesture indicated that she recognized the personality alluded to.

The part the Duke took in politics is so well known, that I need not allude to it here.

Since the period we allude to, the seat of government has been removed to St.

We allude to Major Turner, military warden of the prison.

"On the contrary, Madame," I said, "I beg that you will not allude further to the matter."

There was bread and a yellow compound politely alluded to as butter, and a big pot of jam.

In these lines the poet alludes to Venus as the morning star.

"Oh, no," was the answer, "it only alludes to the fact that you spring up in the night."

And after that we never alluded to allusions, as you might say.

You are doubtless alluding to Hollyhock, a splendid little girl.'

She did not allude to Meg's confession, but spoke to her with all her old affection.

I was not alluded to in any way whatever, which caused me to rejoice exceedingly.

Don't you suppose I know to whom you alluded, dear?