refer

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. v. To direct to a source for help or information: referred her to a heart specialist; referred me to his last employer for a recommendation.
2. v. To assign or attribute to; regard as originated by.
3. v. To assign to or regard as belonging within a particular kind or class.
4. v. To submit (a matter in dispute) to an authority for arbitration, decision, or examination.
5. v. To direct the attention of: refer him to his duties.
6. v. To pertain; concern: questions referring to yesterday's lecture.
7. v. To make mention or reference.
8. v. To have recourse; turn: refer to a dictionary.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To bear or carry back; bring back.
2. To trace back; assign to as origin, source, etc.; impute; assign; attribute.
3. To hand over or intrust for consideration and decision; deliver over, as to another person or tribunal for treatment, information, decision, and the like: as, to refer a matter to a third person; parties to a suit refer their cause to arbitration; the court refers a cause to individuals for examination and report, or for trial and decision.
4. Reflexively, to betake one's self to; appeal.
5. To reduce or bring in relation, as to some standard.
6. To assign, as to a class, rank, historical position, or the like.
7. To defer; put off; postpone.
8. To direct for information; instruct to apply for any purpose.
9. Synonyms Ascribe, Charge, etc. See attribute.
10. To have relation; relate.
11. To have recourse; apply; appeal: as, to refer to an encyclopedia; to refer to one's notes.
12. To allude; make allusion.
13. To direct the attention; serve as a mark or sign of reference.
14. To give a reference: as, to refer to a former employer for a recommendation. Synonyms To belong to pertain to, concern.

Wiktionary

1. v. transitive To direct the attention of.
2. v. transitive To submit to (another person or group) for consideration.
3. v. intransitive To allude to, make a reference or allusion to.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. v. obsolete To carry or send back.
2. v. 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
3. v. 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.
4. v. To have recourse; to apply; to appeal; to betake one's self.
5. v. To have relation or reference; to relate; to point.
6. v. To carry the mind or thought; to direct attention.
7. v. To direct inquiry for information or a guarantee of any kind, as in respect to one's integrity, capacity, pecuniary ability, and the like.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. have as a meaning
2. v. seek information from
3. v. think of, regard, or classify under a subsuming principle or with a general group or in relation to another
4. v. be relevant to
5. v. send or direct for treatment, information, or a decision
6. v. make reference to
7. v. use a name to designate