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make allusion

VERB

refer

Synonyms

STRONGEST

assign attribute cite hint indicate introduce invoke point out specify

STRONG

accredit adduce advert allude ascribe associate charge credit designate excerpt exemplify extract glance impute insert instance interpolate lay name notice point quote

WEAK

bring up direct attention give as example make mention of make reference put down to speak about speak of touch on

Antonyms

STRONG

ignore insert neglect remove

WEAK

hold back

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When he beheld his brother after the return of reason, he addressed him as Mr. Holden, and never, in conversation with any one, did he make allusion to his aberration of mind.

From The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times by Adams, John Turvill

He had often heard Miss Rogers make allusion to money she could lay her hand on at any moment; but the old basket-maker never believed her.

From Jolly Sally Pendleton Or, the Wife Who Was Not a Wife by Libbey, Laura Jean

To another matter with which, both literally and metaphorically, the air is filled, we must also make allusion.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 787, January 31, 1891 by Various

He admitted that painting might represent an action, but only by means of bodies which make allusion to it; that poetry can represent bodies, but only by means of actions.

From Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic by Croce, Benedetto

All travellers speak of the Cagots, and make allusion to them, but nothing very positive is told.

From Béarn and the Pyrenees A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre by Costello, Louisa Stuart

make allusion

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