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makes mention of

makes mention of is the third-person singular simple present indicative of make mention of.

Meaning of make mention of

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

Questions about makes mention of

What is makes mention of the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Makes mention of is the third-person singular simple present indicative of make mention of.

Words near makes mention of in the dictionary

  1. makes little of
  2. makes love
  3. makes love to the camera
  4. makes matters worse
  5. makes mention
  6. makes mention of
  7. makes merry
  8. makes mincemeat of
  9. makes mincemeat out of
  10. makes mockery of
  11. makes money

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Adapted from Wiktionary: makes mention of (page history and authors); make mention of (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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