allude

verb

Etymology: From Middle French alluder, from Latin alludere (“to play with or allude”), from ad + ludere (“to play”). See also al-.

1. To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion; to invoke it by implication rather than mention.

   “First, she alluded to her husband as "the man at home looking after the children". Then she referred to him as "my George".”

   “These speeches . . . do seem to allude unto such ministerial garments as were then in use.”