alludev.

Brit.

/əˈl(j)uːd/, U.S.

/əˈlud/

Forms: Middle English alludy, 1500s alewd, 1500s alluid (Scottish), 1500s–1600s alude, 1500s– allude.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin allūdere.

Etymology: < classical Latin allūdere to play with, to make a playful or mocking allusion to, to jest < al- , variant of ad- ad- prefix + lūdere to play (see ludent n.). Compare Middle French, French alluder (15th–16th cent., subsequently from the early 19th cent.), Spanish aludir (first half of the 15th cent.), Portuguese aludir (1563), Italian alludere (a1585).

1. transitive. To suggest, hint, hint at. Also with subordinate clause, or object and complement.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > information > hint or covert suggestion > hint at or suggest [verb (transitive)]

inkle1340

induce1481

alludec1487

signifya1535

insinuate1561

to glance at (upon, against)1570

thrust1574

imply1581

adumbrate1589

intimate1590

innuate?1611

glancea1616

ministera1616

perstringea1620

shadow1621

subinduce1640

involve1646

equivocate1648

hint1648

subindicate1654

hint at1697

suggest1697

indicate1751

surmise1820

to get at ——1875

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > obscurity > make obscure [verb (transitive)] > allude to

alludec1487

c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica iv. 277 Ne none so covenable a name in theire supposell vnto it can be appropried, as to call it ambrosia..alludyng by that worde enwarde dilectation.

a1578 J. Heywood Witty & Witless 329 in Two Moral Interludes (1991) 30 I glanset at payne of mynde, A lewdyng That payne to be most payne.

1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 851/1 The king of Spaine alluded with good right, that the empire apperteined to him.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 431 This Kingdom is divided in foure provinces, although some allude five, that is, Easterne and Westerne Maith.

a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) iii. vii. 285 To excuse this unexperienced Notion..they allude these ensuing Apologies.

1746 Mem. Life Lord Lovat 29 He adds, as he pretends, alluding that all that may have been suggested of Lady Lovat's Affection, was pretended by my Lord to cover himself.

1840 J. H. Newman Church of Fathers ix. 158 The following passages from his poems allude the same, or similar infirmities.

a1940 J. Wheelwright Coll. Poems (1971) 272 But you half and half blasphemer, do I see your dispassionate Blasphemy allude the hints of God?

1972 S. Avineri Hegel's Theory Mod. State iii. 47 Hegel's language alludes that his argument here is aimed both at political theorists..as well as against the radical attempts of the French Revolution.

2007 V. Brown Thirsty for Love viii. 65 This bachelor friend always spoke of his trip to Europe and seemed to allude that a person who had never been out of the United States was simple-minded.

a. intransitive. With to, †at, †unto, etc. Of a person: to make an oblique or indirect reference to, to refer indirectly or in passing to. Also (esp. in later use): to refer in any manner to.

ΚΠ

?1531 G. Joye Lett. Ashwel to Lyncolne sig. Av^v Christe called his Gospel & holy worde the keye of knowlege or keyes in the plural noumber of the kingdom of heauen alluding vnto the double propertye that one keye hathe both to open and to shutte.

1574 J. Whitgift Def. Aunswere to Admon. 162 In a family the master is above the servant..whereunto Christ himself alludeth.

1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 251 The Apostle expoundeth, and not only alludeth to these words.

1656 J. Ellistone & J. Sparrow tr. J. Böhme Mysterium Magnum (new ed.) 389 In this place he speakes no further of these wives, or their children, to signifie, that it is a figure, whereby he alludes at something else.

1684 T. Burnet Theory of Earth i. vii. 89 That artificial structure here alluded to.

1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 510. ⁋3 He alludes to enterprises which he cannot reveal but with the hazard of his life.

1778 J. Priestley Free Discuss. Doctr. Materialism 213 I Think myself particularly happy that a person of your abilities..has vouchsafed to allude to my work, though only in a sermon.

1786 W. Gilpin Observ. Mountains & Lakes Cumberland I. xv. 225 The people of the country, alluding to the whiteness of its foam, call it sour-milk force.

1837 J. Harris Great Teacher 307 He often alluded to his poverty.

1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. iv. 28 I here allude to my parents.

1895 T. Hardy Jude i. iii. 22 He was getting so romantically attached to Christminster that, like a young lover alluding to his mistress, he felt bashful at mentioning its name again.

1912 R. Fry in Socialism & Great State ix. 258 These poor, intelligent first patrons to whom I allude belong mainly to the professional classes.

1968 Jrnl. Pediatrics 73 639/2 This reviewer was surprised that neuroblastoma was not alluded to in the discussion of Ewing's tumor.

1987 X. Hollander Happy Hooker (rev. ed.) x. 182 I don't want customers alluded to as ‘tricks’, ‘johns’, or ‘suckers’.

2003 T. Litt Finding Myself 143 This evening, when I alluded to our midnight meeting, Cecile blanked me.

b. intransitive. With to, †unto. Of words, etc.: to have an oblique, covert, or indirect reference to; to point to in passing. Also (esp. in later use): to have any kind of reference to.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > information > hint or covert suggestion > hint or suggest [verb (intransitive)]

allude1533

point1598

1533 T. More Apol. viii, in Wks. (1557) 860/1 These wordes..allude vnto certaine woordes of Tyndall.

1605 G. Chapman et al. Eastward Hoe v. sig. I3^v This Stanze now following, alludes to the storie of Mannington.

1639 F. Robartes Gods Holy House vi. 30 The word..signifieth reverend, holy or majesticall, and alludeth to the word of Jacob.

1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 197 This puts me in mind of another expression of our Authors alluding too this way.

1713 R. Steele Englishman No. 50. 319 The following Letter alludes to an Edition of a Discourse printed in Ireland.

1767 Serious Addr. Bath 8 This whole passage alludes to a favourite toast in a neighbouring kingdom.

1824 Christian Guardian June 223/1 ‘I want well chipping’, was her favourite phrase, alluding to the hardness of some materials of the statuary, which require the chissel again and again.

1870 W. Nicholson Bible Explainer 593/2 Perhaps those words alluded to the remoteness of the country from whence this unguent was brought.

1957 P. Wernberg-Møller Man. Discipline 135 This translation appears to suggest that the expression alludes to other members of the community of lower rank.

1990 P. Green Alexander to Actium xxvi. 455 One speaker argues..that the words allude to geometry as the pursuit of eternal abstract truth.

†3.

a. transitive. To refer (something) fancifully or figuratively to; to compare (something) symbolically to or with. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > express with figure of meaning [verb (transitive)] > express metaphorically or figuratively

allude?1531

figurate1643

figure1836

metaphorize1949

?1531 G. Joye Lett. Ashwel to Lyncolne sig. Avi The propertye of a keye is to open that which before was shitte thus doth Luce allude & agre his speach with the propertys of a keye.

1547 W. Baldwin Treat. Morall Phylos. i. iv. sig. A.vi Parrables, semblables and examples..drawe al to one kynde. The which kynde Esopus moste of all vsed, alludyng and bryngyng vnreasonable thinges, to teache and instructe men.

1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 30^v Who hath seene a Vaulte vnder a Church full of dust-died sculs, and rustie dead mens bones, might..rightly allude the Temple thereunto.

1596 Vlysses vpon Aiax sig. F3^v Now to allude this (Philaretes) in this sort conceit me.

1616 T. Adams Sacrifice of Thankefulnesse 98 Some haue alluded these three, Gold, Myrrhe, and Frankincense, to..Fayth, Hope, and Charitie.

1630 J. Taylor Wks. 97 Ile at last allude her to a water-man.

1665 G. Wither Medit. upon Lords Prayer 133 The holy Ghost alludes not our most wise Creator to a foolish Potter.

b. intransitive. To have a fanciful or figurative reference to; to correspond symbolically to. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > use figure of meaning [verb (intransitive)] > have figurative reference

allude1638

1638 R. Brathwait Surv. of Hist. 206 The stone Mithax (saith Pliny) is of a perfect colour, till opposed to the Sunne, and then it loseth his colour: It alludeth to many of our painted Sepulchers.

1648 R. Crashaw Delights Muses (ed. 2) 69 Hills, and relentlesse Rocks, or if there be Things that in hardnesse more allude to thee.

1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. viii. Ded. 29 Sable wings somewhat alluding to those of Bats.

1790 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 1093/2 His dragon's form alludes to his name Ophion.

†4. transitive. To mock, make fun of, trifle with. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > duping, making a fool of > befool, cheat, dupe [verb (transitive)]

belirtOE

bitruflea1250

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bobc1320

bedaffc1386

befool1393

mock1440

triflea1450

glaik?a1513

bedawa1529

fond?1529

allude1535

gulla1550

dolt1553

dor1570

poop1575

colt1579

foolify1581

assot1583

noddify1583

begecka1586

elude1594

wigeona1595

fool1598

noddy1600

fop1602

begull1605

waddle1606

woodcockize1611

bemocka1616

greasea1625

noddypoop1640

truff1657

bubble1668

cully1676

coaxc1679

dupe1704

to play off1712

noodle1769

idiotize1775

oxify1804

tomfool1835

sammyfoozle1837

trail1847

pipe lay1848

pigwidgeon1852

green1853

con1896

rib1912

shuck1959

1535 [see alluding n. 1].

1586 J. Dee Jrnl. in True & Faithful Relation Spirits (1659) i. 418 E. K. then came to me and said, I think there is some wicked spirit that would allude me.

†5.

a. intransitive. To make a play on words; to pun. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > common sense > be witty with words [verb (intransitive)] > pun

allude1556

clinch1648

quibble1650

pun1670

1556 R. Record Castle of Knowl. 4 There canne be no such allusion of woordes in the englyshe..except a man wold rather allude at the woordes, than expresse the sentence.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 149 Grey hounds..called Windspill, alluding to compare their swiftnes with the wind.

1634 J. Barton Art of Rhetorick vi. 28 Sometimes we allude in the choice of words, that have a pretty correspondence, answering and suiting with one another.

b. intransitive. To have a punning reference to or unto. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer ii. sig. U^v It is likewise verie previe to allude to names and to feine somwhat, for that he the talke is of, is so called, or els bicause he doeth some such thinge.

1576 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (rev. ed.) I. 1/1 Christ..alludyng to his [sc. St Peter's] name, called him a rocke.

1605 R. Verstegan Restit. Decayed Intelligence v. 141 The reuerend father perceauing this name to alude vnto the name of Angeli.

1679 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Reformation: 1st Pt. iii. 295 Barnes..played on his name, alluding to a Gardiners setting ill Plants in a Garden.

1707 Lady's Rhetorick 107 The late Duke D'Alva, whose name alludes to the breaking of the Day.

1794 J. Parkhurst Greek & Eng. Lexicon to New Test. (ed. 2) 107/1 Unprofitable, useless, St. Paul seems to allude to the name of Onesimus, which signifies useful.

c. transitive. To apply punningly; to connect or derive by wordplay. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > wit with words > say as a quip [verb (transitive)] > allude by a pun

allude1572

1572 Treat. Treasons against Q. Elizabeth Pref. sig. ē3^v I haue..now and then alluded this craftie practise, to that suttle shift, and baptized your slie Sym, that now is, with that old Sinons name.

1605 R. Verstegan Restit. Decayed Intelligence v. 148 In respect of Pope Gregorie his alluding the name of Engelisce vnto Angellyke.

1621 W. Slatyer Hist. Great Britanie ix. v. 235 Arlotta..married one Herlewine of Gantreuill of meane estate; & as proceeding of her immodest behauiour towards the Duke, some allude the name of Harlot as it were descended.

†6. transitive. To refer or assign (something) as applicable, appropriate, or belonging to. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > inhere in or be an attribute of [verb (transitive)] > attribute or ascribe as an attribute

puta1382

applya1393

suppose?a1425

ascribec1475

attach?1531

attribute1533

adscribe1534

assign?1541

allude1561

repose1561

predicate1614

1561 J. Dolman tr. Cicero 5 Questions i. sig. Diii^v The other is so delighted with his notes and tunes, that he assayeth to allude them to these earnest matters.

1584 J. Lyly Alexander, Campaspe, & Diogenes iii. ii. sig. C2^v I must cry, not as one wold saye cry, but cry, that is, make a noyse... Cry hath diuerse significations, and may bee alluded to manye thinges, knaue but one, and can be applyed but to thee.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 237 Men for honour of Bacchus, did dance vpon certain bottels made of Goats skins..wherevnto Virgill alluded this saying: Mollibus in pratis vnctos saliere pro vtres.

1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 137 Ninus..built Niniue, though some allude it to Assur.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	allude
释义	alludev. Brit. /əˈl(j)uːd/, U.S. /əˈlud/ Forms: Middle English alludy, 1500s alewd, 1500s alluid (Scottish), 1500s–1600s alude, 1500s– allude. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin allūdere. Etymology: < classical Latin allūdere to play with, to make a playful or mocking allusion to, to jest < al- , variant of ad- ad- prefix + lūdere to play (see ludent n.). Compare Middle French, French alluder (15th–16th cent., subsequently from the early 19th cent.), Spanish aludir (first half of the 15th cent.), Portuguese aludir (1563), Italian alludere (a1585). 1. transitive. To suggest, hint, hint at. Also with subordinate clause, or object and complement. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > hint or covert suggestion > hint at or suggest [verb (transitive)] inkle1340 induce1481 alludec1487 signifya1535 insinuate1561 to glance at (upon, against)1570 thrust1574 imply1581 adumbrate1589 intimate1590 innuate?1611 glancea1616 ministera1616 perstringea1620 shadow1621 subinduce1640 involve1646 equivocate1648 hint1648 subindicate1654 hint at1697 suggest1697 indicate1751 surmise1820 to get at ——1875 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > obscurity > make obscure [verb (transitive)] > allude to alludec1487 c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica iv. 277 Ne none so covenable a name in theire supposell vnto it can be appropried, as to call it ambrosia..alludyng by that worde enwarde dilectation. a1578 J. Heywood Witty & Witless 329 in Two Moral Interludes (1991) 30 I glanset at payne of mynde, A lewdyng That payne to be most payne. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 851/1 The king of Spaine alluded with good right, that the empire apperteined to him. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 431 This Kingdom is divided in foure provinces, although some allude five, that is, Easterne and Westerne Maith. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) iii. vii. 285 To excuse this unexperienced Notion..they allude these ensuing Apologies. 1746 Mem. Life Lord Lovat 29 He adds, as he pretends, alluding that all that may have been suggested of Lady Lovat's Affection, was pretended by my Lord to cover himself. 1840 J. H. Newman Church of Fathers ix. 158 The following passages from his poems allude the same, or similar infirmities. a1940 J. Wheelwright Coll. Poems (1971) 272 But you half and half blasphemer, do I see your dispassionate Blasphemy allude the hints of God? 1972 S. Avineri Hegel's Theory Mod. State iii. 47 Hegel's language alludes that his argument here is aimed both at political theorists..as well as against the radical attempts of the French Revolution. 2007 V. Brown Thirsty for Love viii. 65 This bachelor friend always spoke of his trip to Europe and seemed to allude that a person who had never been out of the United States was simple-minded. 2. a. intransitive. With to, †at, †unto, etc. Of a person: to make an oblique or indirect reference to, to refer indirectly or in passing to. Also (esp. in later use): to refer in any manner to. ΚΠ ?1531 G. Joye Lett. Ashwel to Lyncolne sig. Av^v Christe called his Gospel & holy worde the keye of knowlege or keyes in the plural noumber of the kingdom of heauen alluding vnto the double propertye that one keye hathe both to open and to shutte. 1574 J. Whitgift Def. Aunswere to Admon. 162 In a family the master is above the servant..whereunto Christ himself alludeth. 1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 251 The Apostle expoundeth, and not only alludeth to these words. 1656 J. Ellistone & J. Sparrow tr. J. Böhme Mysterium Magnum (new ed.) 389 In this place he speakes no further of these wives, or their children, to signifie, that it is a figure, whereby he alludes at something else. 1684 T. Burnet Theory of Earth i. vii. 89 That artificial structure here alluded to. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 510. ⁋3 He alludes to enterprises which he cannot reveal but with the hazard of his life. 1778 J. Priestley Free Discuss. Doctr. Materialism 213 I Think myself particularly happy that a person of your abilities..has vouchsafed to allude to my work, though only in a sermon. 1786 W. Gilpin Observ. Mountains & Lakes Cumberland I. xv. 225 The people of the country, alluding to the whiteness of its foam, call it sour-milk force. 1837 J. Harris Great Teacher 307 He often alluded to his poverty. 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. iv. 28 I here allude to my parents. 1895 T. Hardy Jude i. iii. 22 He was getting so romantically attached to Christminster that, like a young lover alluding to his mistress, he felt bashful at mentioning its name again. 1912 R. Fry in Socialism & Great State ix. 258 These poor, intelligent first patrons to whom I allude belong mainly to the professional classes. 1968 Jrnl. Pediatrics 73 639/2 This reviewer was surprised that neuroblastoma was not alluded to in the discussion of Ewing's tumor. 1987 X. Hollander Happy Hooker (rev. ed.) x. 182 I don't want customers alluded to as ‘tricks’, ‘johns’, or ‘suckers’. 2003 T. Litt Finding Myself 143 This evening, when I alluded to our midnight meeting, Cecile blanked me. b. intransitive. With to, †unto. Of words, etc.: to have an oblique, covert, or indirect reference to; to point to in passing. Also (esp. in later use): to have any kind of reference to. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > hint or covert suggestion > hint or suggest [verb (intransitive)] allude1533 point1598 1533 T. More Apol. viii, in Wks. (1557) 860/1 These wordes..allude vnto certaine woordes of Tyndall. 1605 G. Chapman et al. Eastward Hoe v. sig. I3^v This Stanze now following, alludes to the storie of Mannington. 1639 F. Robartes Gods Holy House vi. 30 The word..signifieth reverend, holy or majesticall, and alludeth to the word of Jacob. 1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 197 This puts me in mind of another expression of our Authors alluding too this way. 1713 R. Steele Englishman No. 50. 319 The following Letter alludes to an Edition of a Discourse printed in Ireland. 1767 Serious Addr. Bath 8 This whole passage alludes to a favourite toast in a neighbouring kingdom. 1824 Christian Guardian June 223/1 ‘I want well chipping’, was her favourite phrase, alluding to the hardness of some materials of the statuary, which require the chissel again and again. 1870 W. Nicholson Bible Explainer 593/2 Perhaps those words alluded to the remoteness of the country from whence this unguent was brought. 1957 P. Wernberg-Møller Man. Discipline 135 This translation appears to suggest that the expression alludes to other members of the community of lower rank. 1990 P. Green Alexander to Actium xxvi. 455 One speaker argues..that the words allude to geometry as the pursuit of eternal abstract truth. †3. a. transitive. To refer (something) fancifully or figuratively to; to compare (something) symbolically to or with. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > express with figure of meaning [verb (transitive)] > express metaphorically or figuratively allude?1531 figurate1643 figure1836 metaphorize1949 ?1531 G. Joye Lett. Ashwel to Lyncolne sig. Avi The propertye of a keye is to open that which before was shitte thus doth Luce allude & agre his speach with the propertys of a keye. 1547 W. Baldwin Treat. Morall Phylos. i. iv. sig. A.vi Parrables, semblables and examples..drawe al to one kynde. The which kynde Esopus moste of all vsed, alludyng and bryngyng vnreasonable thinges, to teache and instructe men. 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 30^v Who hath seene a Vaulte vnder a Church full of dust-died sculs, and rustie dead mens bones, might..rightly allude the Temple thereunto. 1596 Vlysses vpon Aiax sig. F3^v Now to allude this (Philaretes) in this sort conceit me. 1616 T. Adams Sacrifice of Thankefulnesse 98 Some haue alluded these three, Gold, Myrrhe, and Frankincense, to..Fayth, Hope, and Charitie. 1630 J. Taylor Wks. 97 Ile at last allude her to a water-man. 1665 G. Wither Medit. upon Lords Prayer 133 The holy Ghost alludes not our most wise Creator to a foolish Potter. b. intransitive. To have a fanciful or figurative reference to; to correspond symbolically to. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > use figure of meaning [verb (intransitive)] > have figurative reference allude1638 1638 R. Brathwait Surv. of Hist. 206 The stone Mithax (saith Pliny) is of a perfect colour, till opposed to the Sunne, and then it loseth his colour: It alludeth to many of our painted Sepulchers. 1648 R. Crashaw Delights Muses (ed. 2) 69 Hills, and relentlesse Rocks, or if there be Things that in hardnesse more allude to thee. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. viii. Ded. 29 Sable wings somewhat alluding to those of Bats. 1790 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 1093/2 His dragon's form alludes to his name Ophion. †4. transitive. To mock, make fun of, trifle with. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > duping, making a fool of > befool, cheat, dupe [verb (transitive)] belirtOE bitruflea1250 begab1297 bobc1320 bedaffc1386 befool1393 mock1440 triflea1450 glaik?a1513 bedawa1529 fond?1529 allude1535 gulla1550 dolt1553 dor1570 poop1575 colt1579 foolify1581 assot1583 noddify1583 begecka1586 elude1594 wigeona1595 fool1598 noddy1600 fop1602 begull1605 waddle1606 woodcockize1611 bemocka1616 greasea1625 noddypoop1640 truff1657 bubble1668 cully1676 coaxc1679 dupe1704 to play off1712 noodle1769 idiotize1775 oxify1804 tomfool1835 sammyfoozle1837 trail1847 pipe lay1848 pigwidgeon1852 green1853 con1896 rib1912 shuck1959 1535 [see alluding n. 1]. 1586 J. Dee Jrnl. in True & Faithful Relation Spirits (1659) i. 418 E. K. then came to me and said, I think there is some wicked spirit that would allude me. †5. a. intransitive. To make a play on words; to pun. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > common sense > be witty with words [verb (intransitive)] > pun allude1556 clinch1648 quibble1650 pun1670 1556 R. Record Castle of Knowl. 4 There canne be no such allusion of woordes in the englyshe..except a man wold rather allude at the woordes, than expresse the sentence. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 149 Grey hounds..called Windspill, alluding to compare their swiftnes with the wind. 1634 J. Barton Art of Rhetorick vi. 28 Sometimes we allude in the choice of words, that have a pretty correspondence, answering and suiting with one another. b. intransitive. To have a punning reference to or unto. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer ii. sig. U^v It is likewise verie previe to allude to names and to feine somwhat, for that he the talke is of, is so called, or els bicause he doeth some such thinge. 1576 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (rev. ed.) I. 1/1 Christ..alludyng to his [sc. St Peter's] name, called him a rocke. 1605 R. Verstegan Restit. Decayed Intelligence v. 141 The reuerend father perceauing this name to alude vnto the name of Angeli. 1679 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Reformation: 1st Pt. iii. 295 Barnes..played on his name, alluding to a Gardiners setting ill Plants in a Garden. 1707 Lady's Rhetorick 107 The late Duke D'Alva, whose name alludes to the breaking of the Day. 1794 J. Parkhurst Greek & Eng. Lexicon to New Test. (ed. 2) 107/1 Unprofitable, useless, St. Paul seems to allude to the name of Onesimus, which signifies useful. c. transitive. To apply punningly; to connect or derive by wordplay. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > wit with words > say as a quip [verb (transitive)] > allude by a pun allude1572 1572 Treat. Treasons against Q. Elizabeth Pref. sig. ē3^v I haue..now and then alluded this craftie practise, to that suttle shift, and baptized your slie Sym, that now is, with that old Sinons name. 1605 R. Verstegan Restit. Decayed Intelligence v. 148 In respect of Pope Gregorie his alluding the name of Engelisce vnto Angellyke. 1621 W. Slatyer Hist. Great Britanie ix. v. 235 Arlotta..married one Herlewine of Gantreuill of meane estate; & as proceeding of her immodest behauiour towards the Duke, some allude the name of Harlot as it were descended. †6. transitive. To refer or assign (something) as applicable, appropriate, or belonging to. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > inhere in or be an attribute of [verb (transitive)] > attribute or ascribe as an attribute puta1382 applya1393 suppose?a1425 ascribec1475 attach?1531 attribute1533 adscribe1534 assign?1541 allude1561 repose1561 predicate1614 1561 J. Dolman tr. Cicero 5 Questions i. sig. Diii^v The other is so delighted with his notes and tunes, that he assayeth to allude them to these earnest matters. 1584 J. Lyly Alexander, Campaspe, & Diogenes iii. ii. sig. C2^v I must cry, not as one wold saye cry, but cry, that is, make a noyse... Cry hath diuerse significations, and may bee alluded to manye thinges, knaue but one, and can be applyed but to thee. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 237 Men for honour of Bacchus, did dance vpon certain bottels made of Goats skins..wherevnto Virgill alluded this saying: Mollibus in pratis vnctos saliere pro vtres. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 137 Ninus..built Niniue, though some allude it to Assur. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.c1487
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