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6181 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. REFER.1 (Noah Webster)
REFER, v.t. [L. refero; re and fero, to bear.]
6182 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. REFER.2 (Noah Webster)
… court refers a cause to individuals for examination and report. A person whose opinion is requested, sometimes refers the inquirer to another person or …
6183 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. REFER.4 (Noah Webster)
You profess and practice to refer all things to yourself.
6184 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. REFER.5 (Noah Webster)
3. To reduce; to assign; as to an order, genus or class. Naturalists are sometimes at a loss to know to what class or genus an animal or plant is to be referred.
6185 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. REFER.6 (Noah Webster)
To refer one’s self, to betake; to apply. [Little used.]
6186 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. REFER.7 (Noah Webster)
REFER, v.i.
6187 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. REFER.8 (Noah Webster)
1. To respect; to have relation. Many passages of Scripture refer to the peculiar customs of the orientals.
6188 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. REFER.10 (Noah Webster)
In suits it is good to refer to some friend of trust.
6189 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. REFER.11 (Noah Webster)
3. To allude; to have respect to by intimation without naming. I refer to a well known fact.
6190 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. REFERABLE.1 (Noah Webster)
REFERABLE, a.
6191 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. REFERABLE.2 (Noah Webster)
1. That may be referred; capable of being considered in relation to something else.
6192 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. REFERABLE.4 (Noah Webster)
It is a question among philosophers, whether all the attractions which obtain between bodies, are referable to one general cause.
6193 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. REFEREE.1 (Noah Webster)
… is referred; particularly, a person appointed by a court to hear, examine and decide a cause between parties, pending before the court, and make report to the …
6194 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. REFERENCE.1 (Noah Webster)
REFERENCE, n.
6195 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. REFERENCE.4 (Noah Webster)
The christian religion commands sobriety, temperance and moderation, in reference to our appetites and passions.
6196 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. REFERENCE.5 (Noah Webster)
3. Allusion to. In his observations he had no reference to the case which has been stated.
6197 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. REFERENDARY.2 (Noah Webster)
1. One to whose decision a cause is referred. [Not in use.]
6198 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. REFERMENT.1 (Noah Webster)
REFERMENT, n. Reference for decision. [Not used.]
6199 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. REFERRED.1 (Noah Webster)
REFERRED, pp. Dismissed or directed to another; assigned, as to a class, order or cause; assigned by a court to persons appointed to decide.
6200 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. REFERRIBLE.1 (Noah Webster)
REFERRIBLE, a. That may be referred; referable.