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Definition of allude:

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

Sentence Examples:

Step by step the learned students before alluded to have established certain propositions which appear to me to be true, and which I shall accept without further discussion.

The fall of the Jesuits has been already alluded to in another volume, and I will not here enlarge on that singular event brought about by the malice of a woman whom they had ventured to despise.

It appears from this that the elements to which I have alluded represent the form of the Earth here as nearly as is possible.

She said nothing to her mother, who for her part did not seem inclined to allude again to the matter.

The manner in which the vessel was loaded to the water's edge has already been more than once alluded to.

My wife did not answer him, but turning to me said, smiling, "If he alludes to their drinking your wine he need not apologize."

It was a long one, and was written with a most earnest desire to embrace all the merits of each of the two kinds of letters, which have before been alluded to, and to avoid all their faults.

Sincerely do I hope that this will be the last occasion on which I shall ever be called to allude to them.

Our bookseller is a self-educated man, and in some pamphlets on the charitable institution to which we have alluded, are many of the errors of style peculiar to self-educated writers.

He was, therefore, greatly surprised when he heard Calvert allude to it for the first time on that winter's afternoon.

Whenever he alluded to his father, it was with anger and contempt, and in a manner that implied some quarrel between them; but there was nothing to indicate what kind of man the father was.

There is little worthy of observation encountered in a passage up this part of the Ohio, except the peculiar character of the stream, which has been before alluded to.

When John called himself a voice in the wilderness, he alluded to that external solitude where his voice was raised.

The incidents, except the hints alluded to in the notes, are entirely imaginary; but the scene was that of my early childhood.

And it may be added, that to the production of the emotions I allude to, beauty of landscape is scarcely necessary.

Marcus was on the point of alluding to the chance acquaintances that he had made that morning; but a moment's reflection stopped him.

It may be added that the value of the garden land above alluded to, is much enhanced by its proximity to a constant supply of water, to be procured by digging in the bed of the lagoon.

An illustration derived from the land sales of the period alluded to will serve best to show the effect of the whole system.

We understood that he actually did retain the money, though he never found leisure to make the inquiry alluded to.

In this state she resolutely refuses to see a doctor; she will give no explanation of her feelings, she will scarcely allow her feelings to be alluded to.

This was the third Swiss who had alluded to this subject, the other two instances occurring at Rome.

He then alluded to the ridicule which had been thrown upon his own idea of "A monarchy with republican institutions," and asked me what I thought of the system.

We alluded to this in our last paper, and the more we consider the subject, the more we convinced that it is worth deeper investigation.

Yet, according to the theory alluded to, they were the result of poisons which act in precisely opposite methods.

They allude evidently to Jacob's vision, to the ladder reaching from earth to heaven, on which the angels were ascending and descending continually.

A young girl of an illustrious Roman family, but of very slender fortune, was about to enter the Dominican order at the time to which I allude, in 1853.

It may encourage planting if I mention that I took careful measurement by line of one of the row alluded to.

It was just before we left that my wandering attention was directed toward the scene to which I alluded in my first paragraph.

This idea of Mental Gender may be explained in a few words to students who are familiar with the modern theories just alluded to.

Some cuts also alluded to are of course unsuitable to this work, and the references to them are in consequence left out.

He alludes here to the prevailing custom of several dramatic writers competing for a prize. Whirligig is a parody of the word "vortex."

Of the sacraments alone, such as the observances to which we have just alluded, there are no less than forty according to Gautama's laws (the name-rite, eating-rite, etc.).

Chemistry may, however, assist us in solving the mystery, and induce us to draw quite an opposite conclusion from the curious circumstance alluded to.

No mention at all was made of the supernatural, nor was Sir Simon de Canterville alluded to in any way.

On March 22, 1798, the Duke of Bedford moved an address to the king, asking him to change his ministers, and alluding to the state of Ireland, as it was before the breaking out of the Rebellion.

They shall examine every document to which I have alluded, and shall judge whether I have dealt with it fairly.

Laurie proposes, in order to preserve the colors of oil paintings, it is perhaps well to bear in mind the principle here alluded to as a possible solution of the difficulty.

His son, who was very reckless, he would frequently allude to and declared, "that he," the son, "should not have his 'property.'"

Still I cannot altogether regret having alluded to the story in view of the interesting letters on the subject which have reached me from a number of esteemed correspondents.

"Well, my dear Maria, I'd be glad to know once for all to what you are alluding, for, to be frank with you, I think your brain is going fast."

Nicholson, who has the honor of being alluded to in "The Croakers," was always a great favorite with Irving.

Only, one day, I remember that she expressed surprise at my never having alluded before to my strange dream; and then she added: "Of course, it really ..." and did not finish her sentence.

I have seen the gentleman to whom you alluded, and am satisfied that their journey to town was purely accidental.

Other cases, however, were certainly very dissimilar to this; we allude especially to those of real distress, where the means of meeting the demand were not to be had.

I would fain hope, however, that the virtue I allude to, and your well-known sense of religion, will support you under such a trial.

The individual here alluded to, frequently kept back receipts when receiving rents, under pretence of hurry, and afterwards compelled the tenants to pay the same gale twice!

Grimm's volumes are, after all, the only collection which belongs to the style of letters to which we allude.

One of the forms taken by this doctrine is that alluded to above, that things are permanent possibilities of sensation.

Other apartments are shown to the visitor which contain the linen used in the hospital, and where all kinds of work are performed, and finally, the pretty little chapel which I have alluded to before.

In this state she resolutely refuses to see a doctor; she will give no explanation of her feelings, she will scarcely allow her feelings to be alluded to.

Though the letter plainly alludes to negotiations of some sort, it does not mention the specific offer attributed to Lincoln.

John Young, who put in my way my first arbitration case, to which I have in a previous chapter alluded.

I have, in a former lecture, alluded to this point, and call it up in this place to prepare your minds to understand what is to be said on the secondary use of words in the character of adjectives.

If we are to rely upon the almost universal consent of ancient authors rather than the mere conjectures of modern critics, he is the person alluded to by St.

Moses does not allude to it before that event, but mentions only brass and iron; but in Abraham's time it had become common, and traffic was carried on with it, and its value was eight to one of gold.

Between the Connecticut and the Atlantic coast are many beautiful eminences, a few of which may be alluded to.

Edwards left on the same day, in company with her brother, who has taken her to his home; I do not wish to allude to this matter, but I am afraid my brother and his wife do not live happily together.

This is called the due-guard of an Entered Apprentice Mason, and alludes to the penal part of the obligation.

This is the sign or due-guard of a Mark Master Mason, and also alludes to the penal part of the obligation in this degree.

The seven allude to the age of the Master Mason, and to Enoch who was the seventh from Adam.

From that day, she treated her grandmother with marked kindness and respect; and her unfortunate attempt to rebuke the venerable woman was never alluded to again.

He was not inclined to build a fine house when he might have to abandon it at any time, although in the modern houses alluded to above he has overcome this difficulty in a very simple and direct way.

In this tremendous scene, which he himself exposes, are there no signs of this captain-generalship which I have alluded to?

The key to it, in our opinion, is that to which I alluded but just now; that for the present, at least, the white race is the torch-bearer of civilization, not only for itself, but for the world.

I do not here allude to the spot fixed upon for landing, because that was as appropriate as could be chosen.

Even if there were space to do so, it would not be necessary to discuss here the other causes alluded to.

He smiled as our eyes met, but did not allude, any more than I did, to what had just passed.

At the outset it was not intended to allude to more than was actually necessary to give an outline of the theory, and to introduce the main question, yet untouched.

From this Edict it is clear that it is no new order that is alluded to, but an old and powerful body of Masters capable of acting as architects, with men who executed work under them.

As to the influence of fashion, which is evidently alluded to in the passages quoted, that plainly stands on a different and peculiar footing.

The charge of theft, on which she was about to be tried, did not afford the shadow of an excuse in law any more than in logic for alluding to the crime which her master had committed.

The first time he wrote, he alluded vaguely to having married, and to being compelled, through illness, to give up his practice at Clifton.

The lawyer informed several persons, who alluded to the story, of this simple explanation, which seemed to satisfy all who heard it.

"Only with the difference, your majesty, that Robert the hunter told falsehoods, which he himself had invented, while I alluded only to those of others, and despise them from the bottom of my heart."

While in both cases alluded to the police were convinced a cold-blooded murder had been committed, they were unable to prove it, however, and the assassins went free.

By that term I suppose he alluded to those peculiar thrills which sometimes creep over one, from the scalp to the ankles, when some great danger is apprehended.

Lincoln alluded to the paper, went into his room, brought it out, and asked me to read it, which I did, and explained my ideas in regard to it.

When they speak of poisoning, they do not allude, as many Europeans wrongly suppose, to death by vegetable or mineral poisons; the reference is to charms or spells.

Often, when the remembrance of the failure alluded to by Lin troubled his mind, he had soothed himself with the hope that few had noticed his failure.

I have already alluded to the fact that universal experience demonstrates that columns converging on a central force almost invariably fail in their object and are beaten in detail.

I see you state in the pamphlet to which I have before alluded, that it is of the highest importance that the works of each master should be kept together.

I must again repeat, that at the time I allude to I did not see things in the serious light in which I have described them.

The prince alluded to Growler, whose death we thus discovered was well known, although Captain Roderick had endeavored to conceal the fact.

Now, as he had been thinking of all this, the most trusted of his friends had come to him, and had at once alluded to the very circumstances which had been pressing so heavily on his mind.

It was almost incumbent on her to say something, though it would have been better for her not to have alluded to their heroism.

The vessel alluded to was presently observed to alter its course and bear down on the boat, and now Billy felt that the deciding time had come.

Roland imagined that his son alluded to some girl with whom he had had some love passages, and he said: "A woman, I suppose."

I alluded to it in the letter which I have inserted above, addressed to one of the most influential among them.

Is it possible that any people can build any house that is not to be dedicated to the service of Allah, and if not, what can be the meaning or necessity of such a building as you allude to?'

He made quite a speech, in which, however, he did not allude to recent events, and in half an hour the students were all at work on the old track.

I can only account for it by referring to the rapid changes ever taking place here, and to which I have alluded in my introduction to these "Impressions."

The slightest allusion to his late disgrace would have made Eric flame out into a passion; but Russell was too kind to allude to it then.

We will, however, allude to two or three, advising those who are desirous to purchase, to make personal examination for themselves.

Their ways might be strangely different, but it was never the part of a lady to allude to the fact.

Can any of your readers inform me the name of the book here alluded to; and who was the publisher?

Captain Penny soon joined us, and there, as well as afterwards on board the "Lady Franklin," I heard of his proposal above alluded to, which had been declined.

Juliet sometimes ventures to allude bitterly to the malice that caused this change, but I kiss her on the moment, and tell her all is for the best.

We shall not repeat the document alluded to, lest we should be thought to give the light matter of which we have been treating, a tone of too much importance.

Science, too, might have inspired the famous saying to which Plato alludes: "You cannot step twice into the same rivers; for fresh waters are ever flowing in upon you."

It must suffice here to observe that the objection alluded to, if applicable to any, is equally so to every part of the galaxy.