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make mention of

make mention of verb: to briefly refer to something; to mention.

Verb

make mention of (third-person singular simple present makes mention of, present participle making mention of, simple past and past participle made mention of)

  1. (formal, idiomatic) To briefly refer to something; to mention.
    • 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.1699, John Edwards, A compleat history, or Survey of all the dispensations and methods of religion, volume 1
    • 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."1850, Charles Ferme, A Logical Analysis of the Epistle of Paul to the Romans, Wodrow Society, page 5

Forms of make mention of

third-person singular presentmakes mention of
present participlemaking mention of
past participlemade mention of
pastmade mention of

Questions about make mention of

What does make mention of mean?
Make mention of means to briefly refer to something; to mention.
What part of speech is make mention of?
Make mention of is a verb.
What is the past tense of make mention of?
The past tense of make mention of is made mention of.

Words near make mention of in the dictionary

  1. make love, not war
  2. make matters worse
  3. make me
  4. make meat
  5. make mention
  6. make mention of
  7. make merry
  8. make mileage out of
  9. make mincemeat of
  10. make mincemeat out of
  11. make moan

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