| slovo | definícia |
referring
(encz) | referring,odkazování n: Zdeněk Brož |
Referring
(gcide) | Refer \Re*fer"\ (r[-e]*f[~e]r"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Referred
(r[-e]*f[~e]rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Referring.] [F.
r['e]f['e]rer, L. referre; pref. re- re- + ferre to bear. See
Bear to carry.]
1. To carry or send back. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]
2. 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; as, to refer
a student to an author; to refer a beggar to an officer;
to refer a bill to a committee; a court refers a matter of
fact to a commissioner for investigation, or refers a
question of law to a superior tribunal.
[1913 Webster]
3. 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; as, he referred the phenomena to
electrical disturbances.
[1913 Webster]
To refer one's self, to have recourse; to betake one's
self; to make application; to appeal. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
I'll refer me to all things sense. --Shak.
[1913 Webster] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
preferring
(encz) | preferring,preferování n: Zdeněk Brož |
referring
(encz) | referring,odkazování n: Zdeněk Brož |
Preferring
(gcide) | Prefer \Pre*fer"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Preferred; p. pr. & vb.
n. Preferring.] [F. pr['e]f['e]rer, L. praeferre; prae
before + ferre to bear or carry. See 1st Bear.]
1. To carry or bring (something) forward, or before one;
hence, to bring for consideration, acceptance, judgment,
etc.; to offer; to present; to proffer; to address; --
said especially of a request, prayer, petition, claim,
charge, etc.
[1913 Webster]
He spake, and to her hand preferred the bowl.
--Pope.
[1913 Webster]
Presently prefer his suit to C[ae]sar. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
Three tongues prefer strange orisons on high.
--Byron.
[1913 Webster]
2. To go before, or be before, in estimation; to outrank; to
surpass. [Obs.] "Though maidenhood prefer bigamy."
--Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]
3. To cause to go before; hence, to advance before others, as
to an office or dignity; to raise; to exalt; to promote;
as, to prefer an officer to the rank of general.
[1913 Webster]
I would prefer him to a better place. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
4. To set above or before something else in estimation,
favor, or liking; to regard or honor before another; to
hold in greater favor; to choose rather; -- often followed
by to, before, or above.
[1913 Webster]
If I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. --Ps.
cxxxvii. 6.
[1913 Webster]
Preferred an infamous peace before a most just war.
--Knolles.
[1913 Webster]
Preferred stock, stock which takes a dividend before other
capital stock; -- called also preference stock and
preferential stock.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: To choose; elect. See Choose.
[1913 Webster] |
Unreferring
(gcide) | Unreferring \Unreferring\
See referring. |
|