1. (

• 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" ;

2. (

• allude ,
• touch ,
• advert ,

) make a more or less disguised reference to; "He alluded to the problem but did not mention it" ;

3. (

• mention ,
• advert ,
• bring_up ,
• cite ,
• name ,
• refer ,

) make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention" ;