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What does allude mean?

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  1. (intransitive) To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion.
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The accompanying booklet notes allude to the hard-won simplicity of Mansurian's language.
The women glide across the stage, their arms emphasise the soft waves, their hips in grass skirts allude to the swaying palms.
I'd never use this word in polite company, and can barely bring myself to allude to it, even very obliquely.
This violates the Establishment Clause, because the tablets allude to the Ten Commandments and thus endorse religion.
You would be hard pressed to not have someone that doesn't know what point I am getting at or trying to allude to.
Slim, arboreal columns and roof beams allude to the ficus trees that run along the western boundary of the site.

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