Definition of Cross-refer

1. Verb. Refer from one entry to another, as in catalogues, books, and lists.

Generic synonyms: Advert, Bring Up, Cite, Mention, Name, Refer

Definition of Cross-refer

1. Verb. To make or use a cross-reference ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cross-refer

cross-process
cross-processing
cross-purpose
cross-purposes
cross-question
cross-questioner
cross-ratio
cross-reacting agglutinin
cross-reacting antibody
cross-reacting material
cross-reactive antibody
cross-reactivities
cross-reactivity
cross-reading
cross-readings
cross-refer (current term)
cross-reference
cross-referenced
cross-references
cross-referencing
cross-resistance
cross-section
cross-section(a)
cross-sectional
cross-sectional echocardiography
cross-sectional method
cross-sectional study
cross-sell
cross-sentential
cross-shaped

Literary usage of Cross-refer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. San Francisco Cataloguing for Public Libraries: A Manual of the System Used by Frederic Beecher Perkins (1884)
"But on the other hand, makes a maiji entry of Tytler, S., (pseud, for H. Keddie); and cross refer from the real name thus: Keddie, H., See Tytler, S., ..."

2. San Francisco Cataloguing for Public Libraries: A Manual of the System Used by Frederic Beecher Perkins (1884)
"Thus: Adams, WT, (Pseud., Oliver Optic), and cross-refer from the assum name, thus: Optic, O., pseud. See Adams, WT Because Adams's real name is at present ..."

3. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities: Being a Continuation of the by Samuel Cheetham (1880)
"In like manner, four engravings on each side at the extremities of the cross refer to each other, and are described bv corresponding halves of hexameters. ..."

4. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities by William Smith, Samuel Cheetham (1893)
"In like manner, four engravings on each side at the extremities of the cross refer to each other, and are described by corresponding halves of hexameters. ..."

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