Definition of: refer

(ri·fûr′) v. ·ferred, ·fer·ring v.t.
1. To direct or send for information or other purpose: I refer you to another department.
2. To hand over or submit for consideration, settlement, etc.: They referred the bill to a special committee.
3. To attribute the cause or source of; assign; relate: He refers his success to unceasing application.
4. To assign or attribute to a group, class, period, etc.
—v.i.
5. To make reference; allude.
6. To turn, as for information, help, or authority; have recourse: to refer to the dictionary. See synonyms under ALLUDE, ATTRIBUTE. [<OF referer <L referre <re- back + ferre bear, carry]
—ref·er·a·ble (ref′ər·ə·bəl), re·fer′ra·ble or re·fer′ri·ble adjective
—re·fer′rer noun