■ verb refer to briefly.
↘refer to (someone) as being noteworthy.
■ noun a reference to someone or something.
↘a formal acknowledgement of something noteworthy.
Phrases
be ~ed in dispatches Brit. be commended for one's actions by name in an official military report.
~ someone in one's will leave a legacy to someone.
Derivatives
~able adjective
Origin
ME: via OFr. from L. mentio(n-) ; related to mind .