Refer

v. t.	1.	To carry or send back. [imp. & p. p. Referred (rė*fẽrd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Referring.]
	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. 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. Now to the universal whole advert: The earth regard as of that whole a part. - Blackmore.

Verb	1.	refer - make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention" Synonyms: cite, mention, advert, bring up, name
	2.	refer - have to do with or be relevant to; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments" Synonyms: concern, pertain, bear on, come to, touch on, relate, touch
	3.	refer - think of, regard, or classify under a subsuming principle or with a general group or in relation to another; "This plant can be referred to a known species"
	4.	refer - send or direct for treatment, information, or a decision; "refer a patient to a specialist"; "refer a bill to a committee"
	5.	refer - seek information from; "You should consult the dictionary"; "refer to your notes" Synonyms: look up, consult
	6.	refer - have as a meaning; "`multi-' denotes `many' " Synonyms: denote

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