Referred

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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     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.
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     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.
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     {To refer one's self}, to have recourse; to betake one's
        self; to make application; to appeal. [Obs.]
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              I'll refer me to all things sense.    --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  refer
       v 1: make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection
            with the invention" [syn: {mention}, {advert}, {bring up},
             {cite}, {name}]
       2: have to do with or be relevant to; "There were lots of
          questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to
          your earlier comments" [syn: {pertain}, {relate}, {concern},
           {come to}, {bear on}, {touch}, {touch on}]
       3: think of, regard, or classify under a subsuming principle or
          with a general group or in relation to another; "This
          plant can be referred to a known species"
       4: send or direct for treatment, information, or a decision;
          "refer a patient to a specialist"; "refer a bill to a
          committee"
       5: seek information from; "You should consult the dictionary";
          "refer to your notes" [syn: {consult}, {look up}]
       6: have as a meaning; "`multi-' denotes `many' " [syn: {denote}]
       [also: {referring}, {referred}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  referred
       See {refer}