Crossword clues for alluding
alluding
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Allude \Al*lude"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Alluded; p. pr. & vb. n. Alluding.] [L. alludere to play with, to allude; ad + ludere to play.] To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion; to have reference to a subject not specifically and plainly mentioned; -- followed by to; as, the story alludes to a recent transaction.
These speeches . . . do seem to allude unto such
ministerial garments as were then in use.
--Hooker.
Syn: To refer; point; indicate; hint; suggest; intimate; signify; insinuate; advert. See Refer.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of allude English)
Usage examples of "alluding".
Journal of the 2d instant, but had no participation in any form in any other article alluding to you.
In the very first one of these joint discussions between Senator Douglas and myself, Senator Douglas, without alluding at all to these platforms, or any one of them, of which I have spoken, attempted to hold me responsible for a set of resolutions passed long before the meeting of either one of these conventions of which I have spoken.
I want to say that in sometimes alluding to the Declaration of Independence, I have only uttered the sentiments that Henry Clay used to hold.
Also, it would be open to show, by contemporaneous history, that this mode of alluding to slaves and slavery, instead of speaking of them, was employed on purpose to exclude from the Constitution the idea that there could be property in man.
He then tried to cover his prying by alluding to his desire to engage you in a special service.
He never stopped alluding to their fate, determined to undermine any prospect of relief.
I cannot refrain from alluding, and which excited deep interest at the time.
He usually ended by alluding to what was then his favourite scheme--an expedition to India.
It was the signal for a general burst of enthusiasm, and Rapp, alluding to this ceremony, told me that he never saw the Emperor appear more pleased.
He made many inquiries as to the family and connections of Captain Maitland, and in alluding to Lord Lauderdale, who was sent as ambassador to Paris during the administration of Mr.
In passing the breakwater Bonaparte could not withhold his admiration of that work, which he considered highly honourable to the public spirit of the nation, and, alluding to his own improvements at Cherbourg, expressed his apprehensions that they would now be suffered to fall into decay.
After a few more words he dismissed the Governor without once more alluding to the house which was the object of the visit.
He hardly knew whether to be angry with Donovan Farrant for alluding to matters which brought a look of sadness to her eyes, or to thank him for the story which made her face light up with indignation and look, if possible, more beautiful than before.
Of course in saying this, I am not alluding to lectures given in special places as a course of special study.
My friend, who in the meanwhile had been observing him with curiosity, conceiving him to be a foreigner, inquired in the course of the evening who he was, remarking that he had never seen a man with such a Cain-like mark on the forehead before, alluding to that singular scowl which struck me so forcibly when I first saw him, and which appears to have made a stronger impression upon me than it did upon many others.