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refer

Refer is a 5 letter word which starts with the letter R and ends with the letter R for which we found 5 definitions.

Definition
(v. t.) To carry or send back.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. i.) To have recourse; to apply; to appeal; to betake one's self; as to refer to a dictionary.
(v. i.) To have relation or reference; to relate; to point; as the figure refers to a footnote.

Syllable Information

The word refer is a 5 letter word that has 1 syllable . The syllable division for refer is: refer


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