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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Refer \Re*fer"\ (r[-e]*f[~e]r"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Referred (r[-e]*f[~e]rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Referring.] [F. r['e]f['e]rer, L. referre; pref. re- re- + ferre to bear. See Bear to carry.] 1. To carry or send back. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence: To send or direct away; to send or direct elsewhere, as for treatment, aid, information, decision, etc.; to make over, or pass over, to another; as, to refer a student to an author; to refer a beggar to an officer; to refer a bill to a committee; a court refers a matter of fact to a commissioner for investigation, or refers a question of law to a superior tribunal. [1913 Webster] 3. To place in or under by a mental or rational process; to assign to, as a class, a cause, source, a motive, reason, or ground of explanation; as, he referred the phenomena to electrical disturbances. [1913 Webster] To refer one's self, to have recourse; to betake one's self; to make application; to appeal. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] I'll refer me to all things sense. --Shak. [1913 Webster]From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Refer \Re*fer"\ (r?*f?r"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Referred (-f?rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Referring.] [F. r['e]f['e]rer, L. referre; pref. re- re- + ferre to bear. See Bear to carry.] 1. To carry or send back. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. Hence: To send or direct away; to send or direct elsewhere, as for treatment, aid, infirmation, decision, etc.; to make over, or pass over, to another; as, to refer a student to an author; to refer a beggar to an officer; to refer a bill to a committee; a court refers a matter of fact to a commissioner for investigation, or refers a question of law to a superior tribunal. 3. To place in or under by a mental or rational process; to assign to, as a class, a cause, source, a motive, reason, or ground of explanation; as, he referred the phenomena to electrical disturbances. To refer one's self, to have recourse; to betake one's self; to make application; to appeal. [Obs.] I'll refer me to all things sense. --Shak.From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
refer v 1: make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention" [syn: mention, advert, bring up, cite, name] 2: have to do with or be relevant to; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments" [syn: pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on] 3: think of, regard, or classify under a subsuming principle or with a general group or in relation to another; "This plant can be referred to a known species" 4: send or direct for treatment, information, or a decision; "refer a patient to a specialist"; "refer a bill to a committee" 5: seek information from; "You should consult the dictionary"; "refer to your notes" [syn: consult, look up] 6: have as a meaning; "`multi-' denotes `many' " [syn: denote] [also: referring, referred]From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
referring See referFrom English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
referring n. The act by which somebody or something is referred; a reference. vb. (present participle of en refer nocat=1)From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
referring n. The act by which somebody or something is referred; a reference. vb. (present participle of en refer nocat=1)From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
referring n. The act by which somebody or something is referred; a reference. vb. (present participle of en refer nocat=1)From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
referring n. The act by which somebody or something is referred; a reference. vb. (present participle of en refer nocat=1)From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
referring Englanti vb. (en-v-taivm r efer ring)From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
referring Engelska a. (avledning en refer ordform=prespart) Engelska vb. (böjning en verb refer)From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Referring /ɹɪfˈɜːɹɪŋ/ الإحالةFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
referring /ɹɪfˈɜːɹɪŋ/From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]odkazování
referring /ɹɪfˈɜːɹɪŋ/ verweisend, überweisend, zuweisend see: refer sb./sth. to sb., referred, refer sth. to sb. for decision, refer sb. to sb. else, refer a bill to a committee, refer a patient to a specialist, refer a legal matter back to the court belowFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
referring /ɹɪfˈɜːɹɪŋ/ verweisend see: refer (sb.) to sth., referred, refers, referred, I refer you to a recent statement to Parliament by the Prime Minister.From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
referring /ɹɪfˈɜːɹɪŋ/ vonatkozólagFrom IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]/ɹɪˈfɝɪŋ/
vbl. 谈及,提交,谘询;From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
vbl. 谈及,提交,谘询