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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of refer.

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Examples

  • Iran was not referred to the Security Council for Noncompliance yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Iran was not referred to the Security Council for Noncompliance'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: Is the media powerful enough to convince the American public that Iran was “referred” to the UN Security Council for violations to the NPT when, in fact, it wasn’t?'

    Iran was not referred to the Security Council for Noncompliance 2006

  • A pistole was originally a Spanish 2-escudo gold piece, but by the eighteenth century the term referred in English to any of a number of small gold coins of several European nations, with about the same low value.

    George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

  • A pistole was originally a Spanish 2-escudo gold piece, but by the eighteenth century the term referred in English to any of a number of small gold coins of several European nations, with about the same low value.

    George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

  • Originally, the term referred to the rededication of the purified Temple after the Maccabees' stunning military victory.

    The Meaning of Hanukkah Jon D. Levenson 2011

  • A pistole was originally a Spanish 2-escudo gold piece, but by the eighteenth century the term referred in English to any of a number of small gold coins of several European nations, with about the same low value.

    George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

  • A pistole was originally a Spanish 2-escudo gold piece, but by the eighteenth century the term referred in English to any of a number of small gold coins of several European nations, with about the same low value.

    George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

  • The term referred to state laws, which emphasized debtor relief rather than fair treatment of creditors.

    A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985

  • The term referred to state laws, which emphasized debtor relief rather than fair treatment of creditors.

    A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985

  • "I've tested the waters in search of blackmouth a term referred to the chinook for their black gumline at Possession Bar, and we've got two fish each trip, but it should be much better," said Gary Krein, owner of All-Star Charters in Everett.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • Ryuichi Kadowaki, director of Ruby Inc., which specializes in mature-women titles, says that when the company started offering the genre a few years ago, the term referred to actresses in their late 20s, and that last year it was expanded to those in their 70s.

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2008

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