[əˈl(j)uːd], (Verb)

Definitions:
- suggest or call attention to indirectly; hint at
(e.g: she had a way of alluding to Jean but never saying her name)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 15th century (in the sense ‘hint at, suggest’): from Latin allus-, alludere, from ad- ‘towards’ + ludere ‘to play’