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      "definition": "(not retulī), relātus\n            (rellātus, T.), referre, \n                to bear back, bring back, drive back, carry back\n            : nihil domum praeter os: ut naves eodem, unde erant\n                profectae, referrentur, Cs.: me referunt pedes in\n                Tusculanum, i. e. I feel a strong impulse to go: in\n                decimum vestigia rettulit annum (victoria), V.: Ad\n                nomen caput ille refert, looks back, O.: suumque\n                Rettulit os in se, drew back, O.: ad Tyneta rursus\n                castra refert, L: digitos ad frontem saepe, O.: pecunias in templum, Cs.: frumentum omne ad se referri\n                iubet, Cs.: Caesaris capite relato, Cs.:\n                cum sanguine mixta Vina refert moriens, spits out,\n            V.—With pron reflex., to go back, return: Romam se rettulit: sese in castra, Cs.: se ad\n                philosophiam: domum me Ad porri catinum, H.: se ob ora\n                Fert refertque, flits to and fro, V.: causa, cur se sol\n                referat. —Pass reflex., to return, arrive: sin reiciemur, tamen eodem paulo tardius referamur necesse est: classem\n                relatam Nuntio, V.: a primā acie ad triarios\n                sensim referebantur, L.—With pedem or (rarely) gradum, to go\n            back, draw back, retire, withdraw, retreat: volneribus defessi pedem\n                referre coeperunt, Cs.: ut paulatim cedant ac pedem\n                referant, Cs.: cum pedes referret gradum, L.:\n                fertque refertque pedes, paces to and fro, O.: pedem referens, V.: Feroque viso retulit\n                retro pedem (viator), Ph.—To give back, give up, return,\n            restore, pay back, pay in return, repay: pateram (subreptam): Par pro\n                pari, tit for tat, T.: Ut puto, non poteras ipsa\n                referre vicem, O.: pannum, H.—Of\n            sound, to bring back, give back, return, answer, echo: (Saxum)\n                eiulata Resonando mutum flebilīs voces refert, Att. ap. C.:\n                ex locis inclusis (soni) referuntur ampliores: referunt quem\n                (sonum) nostra theatra, H.: ‘coëamus’ rettulit Echo, O.—Fig.,\n            to bring back, restore, renew, revive, repeat: in suam domum\n                ignominiam: pro re certā spem falsam domum: consuetudo longo intervallo\n                repetita ac relata: Multa labor . . . rettulit in melius, has improved,\n            V.: quasdam ex magno intervallo caerimonias, L.: rem iudicatam, i. e. cause to be reconsidered: idem illud responsum, repeated, L.: veterem\n                Valeriae gentis in liberandā patriā laudem, restore:\n                neque amissos colores Lana refert, H.—Of the\n            mind or look, to bring back, direct, turn: e cursu populari referre\n                aspectum in curiam, turn towards: animum ad\n            veritatem.—Of time, to bring back, bring again, cause to return,\n            renew: mihi praeteritos annos, V.: Saeculo festas referente luces, H.—In the phrase, referre\n            gratiam (rarely gratias), to return thanks, show gratitude, recompense, requite:\n                Inveniam, parem ubi referam gratiam, a way to pay him\n            off, T.: Et habetur et referetur tibi gratia, T.: pro eo mihi ac mereor relaturos esse gratiam: Caesari pro eius meritis\n                gratiam referre, Cs.: gratiam factis, O.:\n                pro tantis eorum in rem p. meritis eis gratiae\n            referantur. —To present again, set forth anew, represent, repeat: Hecyram ad vos, T.: Actia pugna per pueros\n                refertur, is rehearsed, H.: parentis sui\n            speciem, L.: robora parentum liberi referunt,\n            Ta.: (Tellus) figuras Rettulit antiquas, O.: parvulus Aeneas, qui te tamen ore referret, V.: Marsigni sermone Suevos referunt, recall, Ta.—To say\n            in return, rejoin, answer, reply, respond: id me illorum defensioni\n                rettulisse: ego tibi refero, I reply to you: retices,\n                nec mutua nostris Dicta refers, O.: Anna\n            refert, V.: Tandem pauca refert, V.—To\n            repeat, report, announce, relate, recount, assert, tell, say: quantum, inquam, debetis? respondent CVI; refero ad Scaptium, report it:\n                saepe aliter est dictum, aliter ad nos relatum: abi, quaere, et\n                refer, H.: talīs miserrima fletūs\n                Fertque refertque soror (sc. ad Aeneam), V.: pugnam\n                referunt, O.: factum dictumve, L.: Aut agitur res in scaenis aut acta refertur, or related, H.:\n                multum referens de Maecenate, Iu.: inveni qui se vidisse referret, O.: pugnatum (esse) in\n                annalīs referre, L.—To repeat to oneself, call to\n            mind, think over: tacitāque recentia mente Visa\n            refert, O.: Haec refer, O.: Mente memor refero, O.—To make known officially, report,\n            announce, notify: haec ad suos, Cs.: legationem Romam, L.: capitum numerus ad eum relatus\n                est, Cs.: rumores excipere et ad se referre.\n            —To submit for consideration, propose for decision, make a motion, offer a\n            proposition, consult, refer, move, bring forward, propose: de\n                consularibus provinciis ad senatum referre, lay before the senate the\n            question of, etc.: de quo legando consules spero ad senatum relaturos: de eā\n            re postulant uti referatur, S.: tunc relata de integro res ad\n            senatum, L.: referunt consules de re p., Cs.:\n                de signo dedicando ad pontificum collegium: eam rem ad\n            consilium, L.: referre se dixit, quid de Nabidis bello\n                placeret, put the question, L.: id postea referendum ad\n                populum non arbitrari, should be referred again: tu non\n                ad Lucilium rettulisti, did not consult.—To note down, enter,\n            inscribe, register, record, enroll: ut nec triumviri accipiundo nec\n                scribae referundo sufficerent, L.: in tabulas\n                quodcumque commodum est: nomen in codicem accepti et expensi relatum: tuas epistulas\n                in volumina, i. e. admit: in reos, in proscriptos\n                referri, to be registered: senatūs consulta\n                pecuniā acceptā falsa referebat, recorded: cum ex CXXV iudicibus reus L referret (opp. reicere), i. e.\n            accepted.— Of accounts: rationes totidem verbis referre ad aerarium, to\n            account to the treasury: in rationibus referendis, in\n            accounting: relatis ad eum publicis cum fide rationibus,\n            faithful accounts, Cs.: si hanc ex faenore pecuniam populo non\n                rettuleris, reddas societati, account for this money to the people:\n                (pecuniam) in aerarium, pay in, L.: pecuniam operi publico, charge as expended for a public building; cf.\n            octonis referentes idibus aera, i. e. paying the school-fees, H.—With\n            acceptum, to credit, see accipio.—To account, reckon, regard, consider:\n                imagines in deorum numero: terram et caelum in deos:\n            libri in eundem librorum numerum referendi: hi tamen inter Germanos\n            referuntur, Ta.: refert inter meritorum maxima, demptos\n            Aesonis esse sitūs, O.: eodem Q. Caepionem\n                referrem, should place in the same category.—To ascribe, refer,\n            attribute: pecudum ritu ad voluptatem omnia: omnia ad igneam vim:\n                tuum est, quid mihi nunc animi sit, ad te ipsum referre: id, quo omnia, quae recte\n                fierent, referrentur: origines suas ad deos referre auctores, L.: Hinc omne principium, huc refer exitum, H.: eius, in quem referet crimen, culpa: alius in alium culpam referebant,\n            imputed, Cu.",
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