allude

• POS: Verb (intransitive)
• HYPHEN: al=lude

CIDE DICTIONARY

allude, v. i. [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.  [1913 Webster]
"These speeches . . . do seem to allude unto such ministerial garments as were then in use."  [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- To refer; point; indicate; hint; suggest; intimate; signify; insinuate; advert. See Refer.

allude, v. t. 

 To compare allusively; to refer (something) as applicable.  Wither.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

allude, v.intr. (foll. by to)
1 refer, esp. indirectly, covertly, or briefly to.
2 disp. mention.

Etymology

L alludere (as AD-, ludere lus- play)