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Definition of allude verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

allude

verb
 
/əˈluːd/
 
/əˈluːd/
Word Originlate 15th cent. (in the sense ‘hint at, suggest’): from Latin allus-, alludere, from ad- ‘towards’ + ludere ‘to play’.
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they allude
 
/əˈluːd/
 
/əˈluːd/
he / she / it alludes
 
/əˈluːdz/
 
/əˈluːdz/
past simple alluded
 
/əˈluːdɪd/
 
/əˈluːdɪd/
past participle alluded
 
/əˈluːdɪd/
 
/əˈluːdɪd/
-ing form alluding
 
/əˈluːdɪŋ/
 
/əˈluːdɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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previously
adverb
 
 
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