allude

== English == === Etymology === From Middle French alluder, from Latin alludere (“to play with or allude”), from ad + ludere (“to play”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈljuːd/, /əˈluːd/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /əˈlud/ (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /əˈlʉːd/ Rhymes: -uːd Homophones: elude, illude (weak vowel merger) === Verb === allude (third-person singular simple present alludes, present participle alluding, simple past and past participle alluded) (intransitive) To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion; to invoke it by implication rather than mention. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:allude 1597, Richard Hooker, Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity, Book V, Chapter xxix.3, 1841 ed., page 523: These speeches . . . do seem to allude unto such ministerial garments as were then in use. ==== Usage notes ==== Not to be confused with elude or illude. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === hark back hearken back === References === “allude”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “allude”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. === Anagrams === aludel == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /alˈlu.de/ Rhymes: -ude Hyphenation: al‧lù‧de === Verb === allude third-person singular present indicative of alludere === Anagrams === duella == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [alˈluː.dɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [alˈluː.de] === Verb === allūde second-person singular present active imperative of allūdō