referred meaning
EN
[-ɜː(r)d] 
US - VerbBFreferSGrefersPRreferringPREré-SUF-red
- simple past tense and past participle of refer.
- simple past tense and past participle of refer.
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- He referred to the white flag as one "drained of all color".
- This process has been referred to symphiliosis, the process of intracellular reconciliation [37 ].
- Janensch [5 ] identified them simply as being presacrals; he referred specifically to the vertebrae in block III as trunk vertebrae but did not identify their position more specifically.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of referred in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "referred" is a verb, more specifically, a verb form.