Definition of reference

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Reference (n.) One of whom inquires can be made as to the integrity, capacity, and the like, of another..

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Choice :: Choice (superl.) Selected with care, and due attention to preference; deliberately chosen..
Tweedle :: Tweedle (v. t.) To handle lightly; -- said with reference to awkward fiddling; hence, to influence as if by fiddling; to coax; to allure..
Preference :: Preference (n.) That which is preferred; the object of choice or superior favor; as, which is your preference?.
Capital :: Capital (n.) Having reference to, or involving, the forfeiture of the head or life; affecting life; punishable with death; as, capital trials; capital punishment..
Pertain :: Pertain (v. i.) To have relation or reference to something.
On :: On (prep.) In reference or relation to; as, on our part expect punctuality; a satire on society..
Difference :: Difference (n.) Choice; preference.
Order :: Order (n.) To put in order; to reduce to a methodical arrangement; to arrange in a series, or with reference to an end. Hence, to regulate; to dispose; to direct; to rule..
Distinguishingly :: Distinguishingly (adv.) With distinction; with some mark of preference.
Citation :: Citation (n.) A reference to decided cases, or books of authority, to prove a point in law..
In :: In (prep.) With reference to a whole which includes or comprises the part spoken of; as, the first in his family; the first regiment in the army..
Renter :: Renter (v. t.) To restore the original design of, by working in new warp; -- said with reference to tapestry..
Iatrochemistry :: Iatrochemistry (n.) Chemistry applied to, or used in, medicine; -- used especially with reference to the doctrines in the school of physicians in Flanders, in the 17th century, who held that health depends upon the proper chemical relations of the fluids of the body, and who endeavored to explain the conditions of health or disease by chemical principles..
Rail :: Rail (n.) A bar of steel or iron, forming part of the track on which the wheels roll. It is usually shaped with reference to vertical strength, and is held in place by chairs, splices, etc..
Abscissa :: Abscissa (n.) One of the elements of reference by which a point, as of a curve, is referred to a system of fixed rectilineal coordinate axes..
Stereochrome :: Stereo-chemistry (n.) Chemistry considered with reference to the space relations of atoms.
Appeal :: Appeal (v. t.) A call upon a person or an authority for proof or decision, in one's favor; reference to another as witness; a call for help or a favor; entreaty..
Blasphemy :: Blasphemy (n.) An indignity offered to God in words, writing, or signs; impiously irreverent words or signs addressed to, or used in reference to, God; speaking evil of God; also, the act of claiming the attributes or prerogatives of deity..
Dagger :: Dagger (n.) A mark of reference in the form of a dagger [/]. It is the second in order when more than one reference occurs on a page; -- called also obelisk.
Reference :: Reference (n.) One of whom inquires can be made as to the integrity, capacity, and the like, of another..
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