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verb (refer, r, ed)
  1. (transitive) To direct to a source for help or information.
The shop assistant referred me to the help desk on ground floor.
  1. (transitive) To submit to an authority figure for consideration.
  2. (transitive) To direct the attention of.
  3. (context, intransitive, construed with to) To allude to, make a reference or allusion to.
(rfex)
Translations: 
  • Dutch: verwijzen(nl)
  • French: référer(fr)
  • German: verweisen(de)
  • Italian: riferire(it)
  • Spanish: referir(es)
Etymology: 
  • From (term, referren, lang=enm), from (term, referer, lang=fro), from (term, referre, lang=la), from (term, re-, lang=la) + (term, ferre, , to carry or bear, lang=la); see bher- in Indo-European Roots.


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