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Definition of Referring
1. refer [v] - See also: refer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Referring
Literary usage of Referring
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1919)
"WATTS, J. [1,2] This Is an appeal from an order of his honor Judge Townsend,
resident judge of the Fifth circuit, referring the cause to the master made In ..."
2. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"4. keep (as in stock), hold, have. carry, vi Referring to a gun, etc. ...
Referring to carving at the table: cut; spec, (all obs. or rare) mince, lift, ..."
3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"... referring to five bristles at the base of the pappus). ... five needles,
referring to the form of the open calyx). ..."
4. Publications by English Dialect Society (1873)
"... Referring тo HUSBANDRY.] 1. In removing and transplanting young oaks you must
be sure not to cut off or wound that part of tho root which descends ..."
5. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1903)
"11), where, referring to the practice of the department as to surveying islands
situated in navigable waters within a meander and the circular in respect ..."
6. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"While the deacon recites a hymn referring to the Eucharist, the priest, ...
Joining the parts together he says a prayer referring to the ceremonies just ..."
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