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refer
v. t. [F. rfrer, L. referre; pref. re- re- + ferre to bear. See Bear to carry.]1. To carry or send back. (Chaucer.)
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. ()
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.)
v. i. 1. To have recourse; to apply; to appeal; to betake one's self; as, to refer to a dictionary. ()
In suits . . . it is to refer to some friend of trust. (Bacon.)
2. To have relation or reference; to relate; to point; as, the figure refers to a footnote. ()
Of those places that refer to the shutting and opening the abyss, I take notice of that in Job. (Bp. Burnet.)
3. To carry the mind or thought; to direct attention; as, the preacher referred to the late election. ()
4. To direct inquiry for information or a guarantee of any kind, as in respect to one's integrity, capacity, pecuniary ability, and the like; as, I referred to his employer for the truth of his story. ()
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Now to the universal whole advert: The earth regard as of that whole a part. (Blackmore.)


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