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cross-refer
[ kraws-ri-fur, kros- ]
/ ˌkrɔs rɪˈfɜr, ˌkrɒs- /
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verb (used with or without object), cross-re·ferred, cross-re·fer·ring.
to refer by a cross reference.
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Origin of cross-refer
First recorded in 1905–10
Words nearby cross-refer
cross-question,
crossrail,
cross ratio,
cross-react,
cross-reaction,
cross-refer,
cross reference,
cross relation,
cross-resistance,
Cross River,
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How to use cross-refer in a sentence
The Via Dolorosa ends at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and is marked by nine stations of the cross.
If they were meaningful, we might have realized it before—surely one of these kids wore a cross, or a yarmulke, or a hijab?
The reason: activist government and unionized government often work at cross purposes.
What do you get when you cross an oil company with gay rights?
But they refused to cross the street to help because, they told bystanders, the rules required them instead to call 911.
In cross-section the burrows varied from round (three inches in diameter) to oval (three inches high and four inches wide).
I cannot believe that God would think it necessary to come on earth as a man, and die on the Cross.
The royal Audiencia has investigated this matter, on petition of the cabildo, in order to refer it to that royal council.
At Jaques Cartier they had but one batteau to cross the army over with, and were fired upon during the whole time by two frigates.
Father Salvierderra said if we repined under our crosses, then a heavier cross would be laid on us.
British Dictionary definitions for cross-refer
verb
to refer from one part of something, esp a book, to another
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