All 8 Uses of
allude
in
Emma
- He had been most agreeable, most delightful; he had told Harriet that he had seen them go by, and had purposely followed them; other little gallantries and allusions had been dropt, but nothing serious.†
Chpt 1.9-10 *
- — "In not one of all my clever replies, my delicate negatives, is there any allusion to making a sacrifice.†
Chpt 2.13-14
- No—till Cole alluded to my supposed attachment, it had never entered my head.†
Chpt 2.15-16
- Emma was gratified, to observe such a proof in her of strengthened character, and refrained from any allusion that might endanger its maintenance.†
Chpt 3.9-10
- —Is not it possible, that when enquiring, as you thought, into the state of your affections, he might be alluding to Mr. Martin—he might have Mr. Martin's interest in view?†
Chpt 3.11-12
- But she probably had something of that in her thoughts, when alluding to the misunderstandings which he had given us hints of before.†
Chpt 3.11-12
- —he, who had never yet alluded to their marriage but as a distant event.†
Chpt 3.19
- —A second allusion, indeed, gave less pain.†
Chpt 3.19
Definition:
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(allude) to make an indirect referenceeditor's notes: The expression, no allusion can mean "not even an indirect reference"; i.e., neither a direct nor an indirect reference to something.