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alludere [CL] 1 to play or jest with. b (tr.) to mate with. sibi familiaribus assistentibus ~ens, in hoc prorupit eludium Devizes f. 27v.  b vitulus matris est cujuscumque taurus alluserit (Leg. Hen. I) GAS 594. 2 to recite. ver prior adlusit ternos modulamine versus Alcuin Carm. 58. 9; haec piis amicis ~endo et pie commendando oramus ‥ Gosc. Aug. Maj. prol. 45. 3 to allude (to). b (w. ad) to pun (on). quasi his ~ens que in manibus habemus Ad. Scot Serm. 159; ~ens illi ‥ Merlini proverbio Gir. EH I 38; ut poeticis ~amus figmentis Neckam NR I 51 p. 102; hiis concilium Carthaginiense ~ere videtur Ockham Pol. I 22; ut verbis ~amus Boecii R. Bury Phil. prol. 6.  b ille adludens ad nomen [Aelli] ait: “alleluia ‥ illis in partibus oportet cantari” Bede HE II 1 p. 80; s1235 qui, ut verbo ~amus, vere Caursini quasi capientes et ursini nuncupantur M. Par. Maj. III 331. 4 to refer to, consult. 1424 regi ‥ non statim ~ens, ‥ tante cure sarcinam satis acute ponderabit Heete Wykeham 298.

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