verb (v)

• make a more or less disguised reference to(verb.communication)

  Example:
  He alluded to the problem but did not mention it.
  

  Synonym:
  advert, touch
  

  source: wordnet30
• To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion; to have reference to a subject not specifically and plainly mentioned; -- followed by to; as, the story alludes to a recent transaction.(verb)

  source: webster1913
• To compare allusively; to refer (something) as applicable.(verb)

  source: webster1913