v.
refer to briefly.
▸refer to (someone) as being noteworthy.
n.
a reference to someone or something.
▸a formal acknowledgement of something noteworthy.
Phrase
- be mentioned in dispatches
Brit. be commended for one's actions by name in an official military report. - mention someone in one's will
leave a legacy to someone.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: via OFr. from L. mentio(n-); rel. to mind.