Definition of refer

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Refer (v. i.) To carry the mind or thought; to direct attention; as, the preacher referred to the late election..

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Preferred :: Preferred (imp. & p. p.) of Prefe.
Question :: Question (n.) Examination with reference to a decisive result; investigation; specifically, a judicial or official investigation; also, examination under torture..
Politics :: Politics (n.) The management of a political party; the conduct and contests of parties with reference to political measures or the administration of public affairs; the advancement of candidates to office; in a bad sense, artful or dishonest management to secure the success of political candidates or parties; political trickery..
Choice :: Choice (n.) The thing or person chosen; that which is approved and selected in preference to others; selection.
Erastian :: Erastian (n.) One of the followers of Thomas Erastus, a German physician and theologian of the 16th century. He held that the punishment of all offenses should be referred to the civil power, and that holy communion was open to all. In the present day, an Erastian is one who would see the church placed entirely under the control of the State..
Name :: Name (n.) To mention by name; to utter or publish the name of; to refer to by distinctive title; to mention.
Goer :: Goer (n.) A horse, considered in reference to his gait; as, a good goer; a safe goer..
Determination :: Determination (n.) The act of determining the relations of an object, as regards genus and species; the referring of minerals, plants, or animals, to the species to which they belong; classification; as, I am indebted to a friend for the determination of most of these shells..
Better :: Better (compar.) More, in reference to value, distance, time, etc.; as, ten miles and better..
Apply :: Apply (v. t.) To betake; to address; to refer; -- used reflexively.
Syndic :: Syndetical (a.) Connecting; conjunctive; as, syndetic words or connectives; syndetic references in a dictionary..
Coachman :: Coachman (n.) A tropical fish of the Atlantic ocean (Dutes auriga); -- called also charioteer. The name refers to a long, lashlike spine of the dorsal fin..
File :: File (n.) An orderly collection of papers, arranged in sequence or classified for preservation and reference; as, files of letters or of newspapers; this mail brings English files to the 15th instant..
Hypsometry :: Hypsometry (n.) That branch of the science of geodesy which has to do with the measurement of heights, either absolutely with reference to the sea level, or relatively..
Referment :: Referment (n.) The act of referring; reference.
Regard :: Regard (v. t.) Respect; relation; reference.
Levir :: Levir (n.) A husband's brother; -- used in reference to levirate marriages.
Paragenesis :: Paragenesis (n.) The science which treats of minerals with special reference to their origin.
Instigate :: Instigate (v. t.) To goad or urge forward; to set on; to provoke; to incite; -- used chiefly with reference to evil actions; as to instigate one to a crime.
Tenacity :: Tenacity (n.) The greatest longitudinal stress a substance can bear without tearing asunder, -- usually expressed with reference to a unit area of the cross section of the substance, as the number of pounds per square inch, or kilograms per square centimeter, necessary to produce rupture..
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