Verb

• S: (v) think of, have in mind, mean (intend to refer to) "I'm thinking of good food when I talk about France"; "Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!"
• direct troponym / full troponym
• S: (v) mention, advert, bring up, cite, name, refer (make reference to) "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention"
• S: (v) commend, remember (mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship) "Remember me to your wife"
• S: (v) speak of the devil (mention someone's name who just then appears)
• S: (v) remember (mention favorably, as in prayer) "remember me in your prayers"
• S: (v) quote, cite (refer to for illustration or proof) "He said he could quote several instances of this behavior"
• S: (v) touch on (refer to or discuss briefly)
• S: (v) invoke, appeal (cite as an authority; resort to) "He invoked the law that would save him"; "I appealed to the law of 1900"; "She invoked an ancient law"
• S: (v) namedrop (refer to people that one assumes one's interlocutors admire in order to try to impress them)
• S: (v) raise, bring up (put forward for consideration or discussion) "raise the question of promotions"; "bring up an unpleasant topic"
• S: (v) drag up, dredge up (mention something unpleasant from the past) "Drag up old stories"
• S: (v) cross-refer (refer from one entry to another, as in catalogues, books, and lists)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• sentence frame