All 3 Uses of
allude
in
The Remains of the Day
- In view of what I am about to relate, it would not be proper of me to identify the manoeuvre any more precisely, though you may well guess which one I am alluding to if I say that it caused something of an uproar at the time, adding significantly to the controversy the conflict as a whole was attracting.†
Chpt 1e -alluding = making an indirect reference
- Most conspicuously, in virtually the central spot of the otherwise empty and highly polished floor, lay the dustpan Miss Kenton had alluded to.†
Chpt 2m - *alluded = indirectly referenced
- If a divorced lady were present in the company of her second husband, it is often thought desirable not to allude to the original marriage at all.†
Chpt 2a -allude = to make an indirect reference
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.