allude
verbWord Originlate 15th cent. (in the sense ‘hint at, suggest’): from Latin allus-, alludere, from ad- ‘towards’ + ludere ‘to play’.
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbspresent simple I / you / we / they allude | |
he / she / it alludes | |
past simple alluded | |
past participle alluded | |
-ing form alluding |