refers
v.v. to mention or talk about someone or something. You use this when you want to show what a specific word or idea is pointing to.
v. to mention or allude to something; to direct attention toward a specific person, place, or idea. Intransitive in this sense, requiring a prepositional phrase to complete its meaning.
The speaker refers to the chart on the screen.
In her latest book, the author refers to several historical events that shaped the modern world.
The legal document frequently refers to the original contract to ensure that all new clauses remain consistent with the previously agreed terms.
The verb is intransitive and almost always takes the preposition 'to' before the object.
The book refers the war.The book refers to the war.Refers is an intransitive verb and requires the preposition 'to' before its object.