S: (v) attend, hang, advert, pay heed, give ear (give heed (to)) "The children in the audience attended the recital quietly"; "She hung on his every word"; "They attended to everything he said"
S: (v) allude, touch, advert (make a more or less disguised reference to) "He alluded to the problem but did not mention it"
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)