'Referred' definitions:
Definition of 'Referred'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- To refer one's self, to have recourse; to betake one's self; to make application; to appeal. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- I'll refer me to all things sense. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Referred'
- Refer,
- Referable,
- Reference,
- Referment,
- Referring,
- refer to,
- referent,
- Cross reference,
- Frame of reference,
- Reference Bible,
- anatomical reference,
- character reference,
- date of reference,
- point of reference,
- reference book,
- reference frame,
- reference grid,
- reference manual,
- reference mark,
- reference point,
- reference system,
- reference work,
- referred pain,
- To refer one's self,
- co-referent,
- cross-refer,
- cross-reference,
- inertial reference frame,
- self-referent