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v. To direct to a source for help or information: referred her to a heart specialist; referred me to his last employer for a recommendation.

v. To assign or attribute to; regard as originated by.

v. To assign to or regard as belonging within a particular kind or class.

v. To submit (a matter in dispute) to an authority for arbitration, decision, or examination.

v. To direct the attention of: refer him to his duties.

verb-intransitive. To pertain; concern: questions referring to yesterday's lecture.

verb-intransitive. To make mention or reference.

verb-intransitive. To have recourse; turn: refer to a dictionary.

v. To direct the attention of.

v. To submit to (another person or group) for consideration.

v. To allude to, make a reference or allusion to.

v. To carry or send back.

v. 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

v. 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.

verb-intransitive. To have recourse; to apply; to appeal; to betake one's self.

verb-intransitive. To have relation or reference; to relate; to point.

verb-intransitive. To carry the mind or thought; to direct attention.

verb-intransitive. To direct inquiry for information or a guarantee of any kind, as in respect to one's integrity, capacity, pecuniary ability, and the like.

To bear or carry back; bring back.

To trace back; assign to as origin, source, etc.; impute; assign; attribute.

To hand over or intrust for consideration and decision; deliver over, as to another person or tribunal for treatment, information, decision, and the like: as, to refer a matter to a third person; parties to a suit refer their cause to arbitration; the court refers a cause to individuals for examination and report, or for trial and decision.

Reflexively, to betake one's self to; appeal.

To reduce or bring in relation, as to some standard.

To assign, as to a class, rank, historical position, or the like.

To defer; put off; postpone.

To direct for information; instruct to apply for any purpose.

Synonyms Ascribe, Charge, etc. See attribute.

To have relation; relate.

To have recourse; apply; appeal: as, to refer to an encyclopedia; to refer to one's notes.

To allude; make allusion.

To direct the attention; serve as a mark or sign of reference.

To give a reference: as, to refer to a former employer for a recommendation.

v. have as a meaning

v. seek information from

v. think of, regard, or classify under a subsuming principle or with a general group or in relation to another

v. be relevant to

v. send or direct for treatment, information, or a decision

v. make reference to

v. use a name to designate

"Otherwise we are left either with the error-theoretic conclusion that there are no moral properties or the non-cognitivist conclusion that moral vocabulary does not even purport to refer (in the sense of ˜refer™ in play when one does serious metaphysics, anyway; again, the non-cognitivist will allow that we can ˜speak with the vulgar™ here)."

refered    refering    referred    referring    refers   

research    classify    separate    sort    class    sort out    assort    call    name   

attribute    relate    appeal   

English words containing but not directly derived from: refer   

referring    referred   

apply    concentrate on    matter to    center on    hold    involve    regard    revolve around    affect    center   

referred    referring   

allude    advert    appeal    suggest    apply    relate    point    assign    assign to    send   

Burr    Fleur    Fur    Kerr    Monsieur    Shir    Sir    Spur    Thur    Ur   

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