Word Meaning

refer definition and meaning

v. t. To carry or send back.
v. t. 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.
v. t. 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.
v. i. To have recourse; to apply; to appeal; to betake one's self; as, to refer to a dictionary.
v. i. To have relation or reference; to relate; to point; as, the figure refers to a footnote.
v. i. To carry the mind or thought; to direct attention; as, the preacher referred to the late election.
v. i. 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.

Crossword clues for refer

- Allude
- Allude to
- Direct (to specialist)
- Direct attention
- Direct attention (to)
- direct attention to
- Direct elsewhere
- Make allusion (to)
- Make mention of
- Mention, ... to
- Pass on
- Pertain
- Submit for decision
- Talk about, ... to