Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AL-LUDE'
AL-LUDE', v.i. [L. alludo, to smile upon or make sport with, of ad and ludo, to play; Sp. Port. aludir; It. alludere. Class Ld.]
To refer to something not directly mentioned; to have reference; to hint at by remote suggestions; as, that story alludes to a recent transaction.
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