All 5 Uses of
allude
in
Fathers and Sons
- 'What are you alluding to?' asked Arkady.†
Chpt 19 *
- 'I'm not alluding to anything; I'm saying straight out that we've both behaved like fools.†
Chpt 19
- Vassily Ivanovitch drew out of his pocket a new yellow silk handkerchief, which he had had time to snatch up on the way to Arkady's room, and flourishing it in the air, he proceeded: 'I am not now alluding to the fact that, for example, at the cost of sacrifices not inconsiderable for me, I have put my peasants on the rent-system and given up my land to them on half profits.†
Chpt 20
- I regarded that as my duty; common sense itself enjoins such a proceeding, though other proprietors do not even dream of it; I am alluding to the sciences, to culture.'†
Chpt 20
- Mr. Bazarov alluded disrespectfully to Sir Robert Peel.†
Chpt 24
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.