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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
allude .
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[39] Michilimackinac, the term alluded to, is the original French orthography of Mish En I Mok In Ong, the _local_ form (sing. and plu.), of Turtle Spirits.
The Myth of Hiawatha, and Other Oral Legends, Mythologic and Allegoric, of the North American Indians Henry Rowe Schoolcraft 1828
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(i.e. the pradhâna); we deny this, because (the term alluded to) refers to what is contained in the simile of the body (i.e. the body itself); and (that the text) shows.
The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya Sacred Books of the East, Volume 1 George Thibaut 1881
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Perhaps the ugliest moment of the 2000 race was a smear campaign against McCain in the South Carolina primary in which leaflets, e-mails and telephone calls alluded to his "black child" -- a little girl the McCains had adopted from Bangladesh.
A Man Out Of Time 2007
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Mr. Bush in a conversation with reporters after that phone call alluded to that, saying this is the first war of the 21st century, he said, and the United States, he promised, would respond.
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[Illustration: A GENTLEMAN TAKING A FIRST FLOOR] cannot do better than find an excuse for a recurrence to his purse; and then the partial exhibition of the coin alluded to above will be found to be productive of a feeling most decidedly confirmatory in the mind of the landlady that you are a true gentleman.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 13, 1841 Various
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If the price readjustment to which we have alluded is inevitable, the lot of the agricultural producer will be difficult and the incidence of his difficulties upon the lending classes, the manufacturers of agricultural implements, etc. cannot be underestimated.
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The name alluded both to the shape -- round bow-windowed like -- fat bulging little walls, lemon-coloured, and to the kind of life that Peter intended to lead.
Fortitude Hugh Walpole 1912
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The difference to which I have alluded is not accidental, but part of the far-reaching consequences of causes which it is possible to ascertain.
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Temple has not yet started upon his journey, which is again alluded to.
Letters from Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple (1652-54) 1888
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In Re 12: 7 the conflict between Michael and Satan is again alluded to. about the body of Moses -- his literal body.
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