a. Obs. [f. L. allūs- ppl. stem of allūd-ĕre to ALLUDE + -ORY, as if ad. L. *allūsōrius.] Of or pertaining to allusion; allusive; symbolical, figurative.
1631. Donne, Def. Self-Murd. (1644), 112. In the same Oration he hath another allusorie argument.
1660. H. More, Myst. Godl., VII. vii. 308. It is not merely an allusorie Prefiguration of the Messiah, but a down-right Description of him.
1663. Flagellum, O. Cromwell (1672), 13. An unhappy allusory Omen of his after Actions.
