Mention, n.
Etymology: [OE. mencioun, F. mention, L. mentio, from the root of meminisse to remember. See Mind.]
A speaking or notice of anything, -- usually in a brief or cursory manner. Used especially in the phrase to make mention of. I will make mention of thy righteousness. Ps. lxxi. 16. And sleep in dull, cold marble, where no mention Of me more must be heard of. Shak.
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Mention, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mentioned; p. pr. & vb. n. Mentioning.]
To make mention of; to speak briefly of; to name. I will mention the loving-kindnesses of the Lord. Is. lxiii. 7.
Shades of meaning
Fernald has no entry of its own for mention; he lists it under allude.
Where he writes about it:
Advert, mention, and refer are used of language that more or less distinctly utters a certain thought; the others of language from which it may be inferred. — from allude
We allude to a matter slightly, perhaps by a word or phrase, as it were in byplay; we advert to it when we turn from our path to treat it; we refer to it by any clear utterance that distinctly turns the mind or attention to it; as, marginal figures refer to a parallel passage; we mention a thing by explicit word, as by naming it. — from allude