intransitive verb. To direct to a source for help or information.

intransitive verb. To submit (a matter in dispute) to an authority for arbitration, decision, or examination.

intransitive verb. To direct the attention of.

intransitive verb. undefined

intransitive verb. To assign or attribute to; regard as originated by.

intransitive verb. To assign to or regard as belonging within a particular kind or class: synonym: attribute.

intransitive verb. undefined

intransitive verb. To relate or pertain; concern.

intransitive verb. To serve as a descriptor or have as a denotation.

intransitive verb. To speak or write about something briefly or incidentally; make reference.

intransitive verb. To turn one's attention, as in seeking information.

To bear or carry back; bring back.

To trace back; assign to as origin, source, etc.; impute; assign; attribute.

To hand over or intrust for consideration and decision; deliver over, as to another person or tribunal for treatment, information, decision, and the like: as, to refer a matter to a third person; parties to a suit refer their cause to arbitration; the court refers a cause to individuals for examination and report, or for trial and decision.

Reflexively, to betake one's self to; appeal.

To reduce or bring in relation, as to some standard.

To assign, as to a class, rank, historical position, or the like.

To defer; put off; postpone.

To direct for information; instruct to apply for any purpose.

Synonyms Ascribe, Charge, etc. See attribute.

To have relation; relate.

To have recourse; apply; appeal: as, to refer to an encyclopedia; to refer to one's notes.

To allude; make allusion.

To direct the attention; serve as a mark or sign of reference.

To give a reference: as, to refer to a former employer for a recommendation.

intransitive verb. To have recourse; to apply; to appeal; to betake one's self.

intransitive verb. To have relation or reference; to relate; to point.

intransitive verb. To carry the mind or thought; to direct attention.

intransitive verb. To direct inquiry for information or a guarantee of any kind, as in respect to one's integrity, capacity, pecuniary ability, and the like.

transitive verb. To carry or send back.

transitive verb. 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

transitive verb. 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.

transitive verb. to have recourse; to betake one's self; to make application; to appeal.

verb. To direct the attention of.

verb. To submit to (another person or group) for consideration.

verb. To allude to, make a reference or allusion to.

verb. have as a meaning

verb. seek information from

verb. think of, regard, or classify under a subsuming principle or with a general group or in relation to another

verb. be relevant to

verb. send or direct for treatment, information, or a decision

verb. make reference to

verb. use a name to designate

"Otherwise we are left either with the error-theoretic conclusion that there are no moral properties or the non-cognitivist conclusion that moral vocabulary does not even purport to refer (in the sense of ˜refer™ in play when one does serious metaphysics, anyway; again, the non-cognitivist will allow that we can ˜speak with the vulgar™ here)."

appeal  attribute  relate  

English words containing but not directly derived from: refer  

referred  referring  

assort  call  class  classify  name  

affect  apply  center  center on  concentrate on  

Burr  Fleur  Fur  Kerr  Monsieur  

6-inch  65-year-old  ABD  accredit  blanker  

account for  accredit  accredit with  accrete to  acknowledge  

referred  referring  

refered  refering  referred  referring  refers