| allude or elude | To allude to something is a verb. It means to refer to something indirectly. For example: He alluded to the scandal without direclty mentioning it. To elude something is a verb. It can mean to escape or evade capture in a clever way, or you can use it to express a lack of understanding of something. For example: He eluded the police for 25 years. The rules of English spelling continually elude me. |
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