Meaning of make mention of | Babel Free

Definitions

To briefly refer to something; to mention.

formal, idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“Likewiſe, whereſoever New Heavens, and a New Earth, are made mention⟳ of in the Bible, he underſtands them of a New Material World, whenas there was no ſuch Thing intended; for theſe Terms denote only a new State and Face⟳ of Things, viz. that bleſſed Millennium before treated of.”

“Moreover he assures them that he thus made mention⟳ of them, by an appeal to Deity, and describes God, as the witness of his anxiety, by the adjunct of his own⟳ service; "For God is my witness, whom I serve⟳ with my spirit in the gospel of his son."”

“Before taking leave⟳ of "The Wandering Heir" I must make⟳ mention⟳ of Edmund Leathes, who was the original James Annesley of the cast⟳. He was a gifted as well as a graceful actor, he made his name⟳ as an author, and he vanished from us all too soon.”

“The visitors were making mention⟳ of telephone pour⟳ reveiller -- thanks to a strange, instant recall⟳ of my elementary school French, which I hadn't uttered in years, I understood immediately and told the clerk they wanted wake-up calls.”

“The Ontario budget makes mention⟳ of an existing Indigenous economic development fund, as well as many investments in off reserve⟳ communities, such as $4.5 million in northern Ontario housing funding.”

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