All 3 Uses of
allude
in
Six Characters in Search of an Author
- I should like to know who they are...[Alludes to CHARACTERS].†
Act 1 *alludes = makes an indirect reference
- She is alluding to me.†
Act 2alluding = making an indirect reference
- I don't know to what author you may be alluding, but believe me I feel what I think; and I seem to be philosophizing only for those who do not think what they feel, because they blind themselves with their own sentiment.†
Act 3
Definition:
to make an indirect reference
The expression, no allusion can mean "not even an indirect reference"; i.e., neither a direct nor an indirect reference to something.