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anything, -- usually in a brief or cursory manner. Used especially in the phrase to make mention of. I will make mention of thy righteousness. Ps. lxxi. 16. And sleep in dull, cold marble, where no mention Of me more must be heard of. Shak.

Fit to be mentioned.

Mentioned or named before; aforesaid.

Previously mentioned; before-mentioned. Addison.

Mentioned afterwards; as, persons after-mentioned (in a writing).

Mentioned before; already cited; aforementioned. Addison.

To mention among other things, or casually or incidentally. [Obs.]

The breeches; trousers. [Jocose]

One of a sect in Africa (4th century), mentioned by St. Augustine, who states that they married, but lived in continence, after the manner, as they pretended, of Abel.

Mentioned or recited before.

Pertaining to accremention.

indirectly or by suggestion; to have reference to a subject not specifically and plainly mentioned; -- followed by to; as, the story alludes to a recent transaction. These speeches . . . do seem to allude unto such ministerial garments as were then in use. Hooker.

A reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned; a covert indication; indirect reference; a hint.

taining, or of the nature of, a prophetic revelation. Apocolyptic number, the number 666, mentioned in Rev. xiii. 18. It has been variously interpreted.

To proceed; to issue; to spring. Whence haply mention may arise Of something not unseasonable to ask. Milton.

To make mention of in ballads. [Obs.]

An unidentified substance mentioned in the Bible (Gen. ii. 12, and Num. xi. 7), variously taken to be a gum, a precious stone, or pearls, or perhaps a kind of amber found in Arabia.

To mention in rhyme or verse; to rhyme about.

More than that; over and above; not included in the number, or in what has been mentioned; moreover; in addition. The men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides Gen. xix. 12. To all beside, as much an empty shade, An Eugene living, as a Cæsar dead. Pope.

lanket mortgage or policy, that includes a group or class of things, rather than a number mentioned individually and having the burden, loss, or the like, apportioned among them.