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referred |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Refer \Re*fer"\ (r?*f?r"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Referred} (-f?rd); p. pr & vb n. {Referring}.] [F. r['e]f['e]rer, L. referre; pref. re- re- + ferre to bear. See {Bear} to carry.] 1. To carry or send back [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. Hence: To send or direct away to send or direct elsewhere, as for treatment, aid, infirmation, 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.
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