All 4 Uses of
allude
in
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
- Any allusion made to his father by a fellow or by a master put his calm to rout in a moment.†
Chpt 2
- A shaft of momentary anger flew through Stephen's mind at these indelicate allusions in the hearing of a stranger.†
Chpt 2 *
- The tiny flame which the priest's allusion had kindled upon Stephen's cheek had sunk down again and his eyes were still fixed calmly on the colourless sky.†
Chpt 4
- He broke off, pointed bluntly to the munched pulp of the fig, and said loudly: —I allude to that.†
Chpt 5
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.