refers

verb

1. 1.To direct the attention of.
2. 2.To submit to (another person or group) for consideration; to send or direct elsewhere.
3. 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.
4. 4.(construed with to) To allude to, make a reference or allusion to.
5. 5.(grammar) To be referential to another element in a sentence.