How many syllables in Refer
Word
Refer
How many syllables?
1 Syllable
How it's divided?
refer
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.
- v. i. - To carry the mind or thought; to direct attention; as,
the preacher referred to the late election.
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