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refero.

to bear, bring, drive, or carry back, off, or away

6 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈrɛ.fɛ.roː]Classical-Latin[ˈrɛː.fe.ro]
  1. to bear, bring, drive, or carry back, off, or away

    conjugation-3 · suppletive
  2. to give back, give up, return, restore, pay back, repay, render, pay in return, show one’s gratitude

    conjugation-3 · suppletive
  3. to bring back, return, answer, echo, resound

    conjugation-3 · suppletive
  4. to bring back, restore, renew, revive, repeat

    conjugation-3 · suppletive
  5. to say in return, respond, reply, answer, represent

    conjugation-3 · suppletive
  6. to call to mind, recall, think over, call back to memory, repeat one's self

    conjugation-3 · suppletive
  7. to reconsider

    conjugation-3 · suppletive
  8. to refer to, assign to, give credit for

    conjugation-3 · suppletive
  9. to judge by, measure according to a certain standard

    conjugation-3 · suppletive
  10. to restore, renew, revive, repeat

    conjugation-3 · suppletive
  11. relate, recount, tell, say

    conjugation-3 · suppletive
  12. to bring a matter before, to make a formal motion or proposal to an authority, such as the Roman Senate

    conjugation-3 · suppletive
  13. to include, enter

    conjugation-3 · suppletive
  14. to make known officially, report, deliver, transmit, announce, notify, proclaim, register, record

    conjugation-3 · suppletive
  15. to retreat, go back, withdraw, return

    conjugation-3 · passive · suppletive
  16. to tell, recount, narrate

    conjugation-3 · suppletive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Italic *ferō Latin ferō Latin referō From re- + ferō (“bear, carry”).

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