allude
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On the campaign trail, besmirched lawmakers tend to consult a familiar playbook: Allude to the charges if cornered, but only in passing.
From New York Times • Sep. 3, 2014
Allude, al-lūd′, v.i. to mention slightly, or convey an indirect reference to, in passing: to refer to.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
"Allude not to your mother!" exclaimed the old man passionately.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 by Various
Allude to his illness as fever, and leave to himself entirely the option of telling you the true story or not.'
From Tony Butler by Lever, Charles James
Allude is now very rarely used in any other sense than that of to speak of, to mention, to name, which is a long way from being its legitimate signification.
From The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. by Osmun, Thomas Embly
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