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refero

Pronunciation: [ˈrɛ.fɛ.roː]

“refero” is a Latin word. Its 16 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to bear, bring, drive, or carry back, off, or away
  2. to give back, give up, return, restore, pay back, repay, render, pay in return, show one’s gratitude
  3. to bring back, return, answer, echo, resound
  4. to bring back, restore, renew, revive, repeat
  5. to say in return, respond, reply, answer, represent
  6. to call to mind, recall, think over, call back to memory, repeat one's self
  7. to reconsider
  8. to refer to, assign to, give credit for
  9. to judge by, measure according to a certain standard
  10. to restore, renew, revive, repeat
  11. relate, recount, tell, say
  12. to bring a matter before, to make a formal motion or proposal to an authority, such as the Roman Senate
  13. to include, enter
  14. to make known officially, report, deliver, transmit, announce, notify, proclaim, register, record
  15. to retreat, go back, withdraw, return
  16. to tell, recount, narrate

In Latin

  1. Vehere vel portare rem rursum
  2. De rebus vel eventibus dicere, res describere.

Etymology

From re- + ferō (“bear, carry”).

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