allude

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to make a more or less disguised reference to

   They alluded to the problem but did not mention it.

2. 2
   verb

   To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion; to invoke it by implication rather than mention.

   These speeches . . . do seem to allude unto such ministerial garments as were then in use.

Etymology

From Middle French alluder, from Latin alludere (“to play with or allude”), from ad + ludere (“to play”).