Verb

(referr)

To direct the attention of.

The shop assistant referred me to the help desk on ground floor.

To submit to (another person or group) for consideration; to send or direct elsewhere.

He referred the matter to the principal.

to refer a patient to a psychiatrist

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.

He referred the phenomena to electrical disturbances.

(rfex) To allude to, make a reference or allusion to.

# (grammar) to be referential to another element in a sentence

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Verb

(en verb)

To belong to or be a part of, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate to.

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