Significance for a specified matter; relation or relationship, A mark or footnote used to direct a reader elsewhere for additional information, A statement about a person's qualifications, character, and dependability, transitive verb_ To supply references to, To mention in a reference; refer to

Simple past tense and past participle of reference, adjective_ supported with written references or citations

Plural form of reference, verb_ Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reference

a recommendation to consult the (professional) person or group to whom one has been referred, The act or process of transferring someone or something to another, of sending by reference, or referring, a person whose case has been referred to a specialist or professional group

Plural form of referral

Simple past tense and past participle of refer

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of refer

To renegotiate or replace the financing of (a debt or asset), usually to obtain a lower interest rate, To finance a debt or asset under new terms, verb_ finance To renew the terms of a loan, renew the financing of

To reduce to a pure state; purify, To use precise distinctions and subtlety in thought or speech, To improve in accuracy, delicacy, or excellence, transitive verb_ To reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities; to free from dross or alloy; to separate from extraneous matter; to purify; to defecate, To purify from what is gross, coarse, vulgar, inelegant, low, and the like; to make elegant or exellent; to polish, verb_ To reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities; to free from dross or alloy; to separate from extraneous matter; to purify; as, to refine gold or silver; to refine iron; to refine wine or sugar, To become pure; to be cleared of feculent matter, To affect nicety or subtlety in thought or language

suggesting taste, ease, and wealth, showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience, Freed from impurities or alloy; purifed; polished; cultured; delicate; as; refined gold; refined language; refined sentiments, verb_ Simple past tense and past participle of refine