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Elude and Allude

To elude is to evade.  The fugitive eluded the police.  I tried to remember his name, but it eluded me.

To allude is to refer to something in history or literature.  "Slings and Arrows" is a show with a title that alludes to Hamlet.

An allusion is a reference to history or literature.

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