Refer \Re*fer"\, 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.
Syn: To allude; advert; suggest; appeal.
Usage: {Refer}, {Allude}, {Advert}. We refer to a thing by specifically and distinctly introducing it into our discourse. We allude to it by introducing it indirectly or indefinitely, as by something collaterally allied to it. We advert to it by turning off somewhat abruptly to consider it more at large. Thus, Macaulay refers to the early condition of England at the opening of his history; he alludes to these statements from time to time; and adverts, in the progress of his work, to various circumstances of peculiar interest, on which for a time he dwells. ``But to do good is . . . that that Solomon chiefly refers to in the text.'' --Sharp. ``This, I doubt not, was that artificial structure here alluded to.'' --T. Burnet.
Now to the universal whole advert: The earth regard as of that whole a part. --Blackmore.
Refer \Re*fer"\ (r[-e]*f[~e]r"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Referred} (r[-e]*f[~e]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, 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. [Obs.]
I'll refer me to all things sense. --Shak.
A woman who answered the company's telephone Tuesday refused to discuss the case or refer the call to someone who would.
Under Korean law, the parliamentary committee has the power to refer the case to the prosecution for legal action, but the prosecution must decide whether to act.
Baghdad's souks are full of people selling the family silver - literally. The Iraqi dinar has become funny money - locals refer to it simply as 'paper'.
The clearance came as Lord Young, secretary of state for trade and industry, decided not to refer the proposed purchase to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission.
He admits to lying to his own brother if he finds a good shoal, and it seems clear that the billing does not refer to him as a 'buccaneer' for nothing.
The south did not refer to troop reduction and its proposal was more vague.
In a concurring opinion to today's ruling, Starr expressed regret that the court did not refer last year's issue for the same study by the D.C. court.
But who now could refer to Maastricht as 'game, set and match'.
Then the clerk will merely refer to the information that each passenger supplies when purchasing the ticket or checking in.
Its only recourse, however, is to refer cases to military courts, which have sole power to prosecute soldiers even when the victims are civilians.
When my wife tried to convert she was discouraged from doing so, and many years after her conversion, some in our congregation still refer to her as a "shiksa."
I refer there to such misdemeanors as palming the ball, or "turning it over."
'Yuk factor' has become the first catchphrase of 1994 in British newspapers. It does not refer to politicians' private lives, but to the latest developments in birth technology.
That's the term generally used to refer to bank fees, lawyers' fees and any fee claimed by Investcorp itself.
Italian media often refer to the new code as the "Perry Mason System."
The attorney general did not refer to Burns and Weld by name.
The nation's 15 republics are held together by Kremlin power and a national armed force, but a citizen is more likely to refer to his or her nationality than call himself or herself a Soviet.
Nor by bold speeches; Japan's cautious leaders still refer to the issue only in oblique terms.
"The peace pact did not refer directly to the hostages, but I am sure that this agreement would help the release of hostages as quickly as possible," Berri said.
Rafsanjani said Khomeini told him to "`try to promote your relations with your big northern neighbor' and we will follow this policy drawn by the imam." Iranians refer to Khomeini as their imam, or spiritual leader.
"If you wish to call it a confession you can refer to it as that _ but he gave a statement to the investigating detectives which would very strongly implicate himself and no others in both homicides," Blanchard said.
Government employees still slip and refer to "President Stroessner" instead of "President Rodriguez," but the ever-present photos of the stocky, shrewd ex-army commander-in-chief have disappeared from their offices.
Technically, "new age" continues to refer to the astrological theory that the Earth is moving into the halcyon Age of Aquarius from the contentious Age of Pisces.
Noorani says he considers the documents complete. Afghanistan was reported still opposed to having the text refer to "international boundaries" because of what it considers a border dispute dating to Pakistan's independence.
In announcing his resignation, which is effective July 1, Holderman didn't refer to the controversy.
Barry, who did not specifically refer to a drug or alcohol problem in his remarks, did not speak to reporters as he left home Monday accompanied by his wife Effi.
Two recently published books spotlight the leader whose vivid personality has an almost mythic hold on many Indonesians who refer to themselves as Sukarnoists.
Town officials refer to the unseen rock dweller on an adjoining lot as "the old man at No. 102." Elves in Iceland are as old as the hills.
Elias Hrawi." The compromise also allows the media to refer to Aoun only as "Gen.
The slogan _ from a phrase used by Gov. Rudy Perpich to refer to the state's high quality of education _ has been the butt of jokes and of complaints from Minnesota legislative leaders.