Index of English words, starting with "re"

(1) - Refection (n.) Refreshment after hunger or fatigue; a repast; a lunch.

(1) - Refectory (n.) A room for refreshment; originally, a dining hall in monasteries or convents.

(1) - Refer (v. i.) To direct inquiry for information or a guarantee of any kind, as in respect to one's integrity, capacity, pecuniary ability, and the like; as, I referred to his employer for the truth of his story.
(2) - Refer (v. i.) To carry the mind or thought; to direct attention; as, the preacher referred to the late election.
(3) - Refer (v. i.) To have relation or reference; to relate; to point; as, the figure refers to a footnote.
(4) - Refer (v. i.) To have recourse; to apply; to appeal; to betake one's self; as, to refer to a dictionary.
(5) - Refer (v. t.) 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.
(6) - Refer (v. t.) 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.
(7) - Refer (v. t.) To carry or send back.

(1) - Referable (a.) Capable of being referred, or considered in relation to something else; assignable; ascribable.

(1) - Referee (n.) One to whom a thing is referred; a person to whom a matter in dispute has been referred, in order that he may settle it.