Definition for AL-LU'SION

AL-LU'SION, n. [allu'zhun; Fr. from allusio, Low L. See Allude.]

A reference to something not explicitly mentioned; a hint; a suggestion, by which something is applied or understood to belong to that which is not mentioned, by means of some similitude which is perceived between them. – Burnet.

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