All 11 Uses of
allude
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Far from the Madding Crowd
- There were, however, no grounds for retaining such a supposition, for the waggon, though going in the direction of Weatherbury, might be going beyond it, and the woman alluded to seemed to be the mistress of some estate.†
Chpt 4-6
- He was a man of more than middle age, with eyebrows high up in his forehead, who laid it down that the law of the world was bad, with a long-suffering look through his listeners at the world alluded to, as it presented itself to his imagination.†
Chpt 7-9
- "Ay," said Joseph, acquiring confidence from the warmth of the fire, the cider, and a perception of the narrative capabilities of the experience alluded to.†
Chpt 7-9 *
- I told you never to allude to him, nor shall you if you stay with me.†
Chpt 19-21
- "I'm sure I should never have believed it if we hadn't proved it, so to allude," hiccupped Joseph Poorgrass, "that every cup, every one of the best knives and forks, and every empty bottle be in their place as perfect now as at the beginning, and not one stole at all."†
Chpt 22-24
- Still less is it acted upon for the good of the complemental being alluded to.†
Chpt 25-27
- Oak's allusion to his own love for her lessened, to some extent, her anger at his interference; but she could not really forgive him for letting his wish to marry her be eclipsed by his wish to do her good, any more than for his slighting treatment of Troy.†
Chpt 28-30
- Believing that the little gallery door alluded to was quite disused, he ascended the external flight of steps at the top of which it stood, and examined it.†
Chpt 28-30
- "We may," added Mark Clark, emphatically, at once drinking himself, to run no further risk of losing his chance by the event alluded to, Jan meanwhile merging his additional thoughts of to-morrow in a song:— To-mor-row, to-mor-row!†
Chpt 40-42
- When she alludes to the possibility of marrying again, you conclude—†
Chpt 49-51
- "She never do allude to it, sir," said Liddy, thinking how very stupid Mr. Boldwood was getting.†
Chpt 49-51
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.