[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

reference \ref"erence\ r?f"?r-ens, n. see refer.
   1. the act of referring, or the state of being referred; as,
      reference to a chart for guidance.
      1913 webster

   2. that which refers to something; a specific direction of
      the attention; as, a reference in a text-book.
      1913 webster

   3. relation; regard; respect.
      1913 webster

            something that hath a reference to my state. --shak.
      1913 webster

   4. one who, or that which, is referred to. specifically;
      a one of whom inquires can be made as to the integrity,
          capacity, and the like, of another.
      b a work, or a passage in a work, to which one is
          referred.
          1913 webster

   5. law
      a the act of submitting a matter in dispute to the
          judgment of one or more persons for decision.
      b equity the process of sending any matter, for
          inquiry in a cause, to a master or other officer, in
          order that he may ascertain facts and report to the
          court.
          1913 webster

   6. appeal. r. "make your full reference." --shak.
      1913 webster

   reference bible, a bible in which brief explanations, and
      references to parallel passages, are printed in the margin
      of the text.
      1913 webster
see also:
refer reference bible 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

reference
     n 1: a remark that calls attention to something or someone; "she
          made frequent mention of her promotion"; "there was no
          mention of it"; "the speaker made several references to
          his wife" syn: mention
     2: a short note recognizing a source of information or of a
        quoted passage; "the student's essay failed to list
        several important citations"; "the acknowledgments are
        usually printed at the front of a book"; "the article
        includes mention of similar clinical cases" syn: citation,
         acknowledgment, credit, mention, quotation
     3: an indicator that orients you generally; "it is used as a
        reference for comparing the heating and the electrical
        energy involved" syn: reference point, point of
        reference
     4: a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts; "he
        contributed articles to the basic reference work on that
        topic" syn: reference book, reference work, book of
        facts
     5: a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential
        future employer describing the person's qualifications and
        dependability; "requests for character references are all
        to often answered evasively" syn: character, character
        reference
     6: the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression;
        the class of objects that an expression refers to; "the
        extension of `satellite of mars' is the set containing
        only demos and phobos" syn: denotation, extension
     7: the act of referring or consulting; "reference to an
        encyclopedia produced the answer" syn: consultation
     8: a publication or a passage from a publication that is
        referred to; "he carried an armful of references back to
        his desk"; "he spent hours looking for the source of that
        quotation" syn: source
     9: the relation between a word or phrase and the object or idea
        it refers to; "he argued that reference is a consequence
        of conditioned reflexes"
     v : refer to; "he referenced his colleagues' work" syn: cite
see also:
mention citation acknowledgment credit quotation reference point 
point of reference reference book reference work book of facts character 
character reference denotation extension consultation source 
cite 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

162 moby thesaurus words for "reference":
   acknowledgment, advocacy, advocating, advocation,
   affective meaning, allusion, angle, appeal to, applicability,
   application, appositeness, aspect, bearing, by-line, case,
   certificate of character, certification, character,
   character reference, citation, coloring, concern, concernment,
   confession, configuration, connection, connotation, consequence,
   credential, credentials, credit line, cross reference, cross-refer,
   cross-reference, demonstration, denotation, diacritical mark,
   direct attention to, direction, drift, effect, eidolon, end stop,
   endorsement, essence, example, exemplification, extension, facet,
   fashion, feature, figure, force, form, germaneness, gestalt, gist,
   grammatical meaning, guise, hint, idea, illustration, image, imago,
   impact, implication, import, impression, indication, innuendo,
   insinuation, instance, intension, interest, intimation, invoke,
   item, letter of introduction, lexical meaning, light, likeness,
   lineaments, literal meaning, look, make a cross-reference,
   make reference to, manner, materiality, meaning, mention, naming,
   notation, note, notification, overtone, particular, patronage,
   pertinence, phase, phasis, pith, point, practical consequence,
   punctuation, punctuation marks, purport, quotation,
   range of meaning, real meaning, recommend, recommendation,
   refer to, reference mark, referent, referral, regard, relatedness,
   relation, relevance, remark, respect, scope, seeming,
   semantic cluster, semantic field, semblance, sense, shape, side,
   signature, significance, signification, significatum, signifie,
   simulacrum, slant, span of meaning, specification, spirit, stop,
   structural meaning, style, substance, sum, sum and substance,
   symbolic meaning, tenor, testimonial, tittle, total effect,
   totality of associations, trademark, transferred meaning, tribute,
   twist, unadorned meaning, undertone, value, view, viewpoint,
   voucher, wise

[4] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

reference
     
        pointer
     
     
see also:
pointer 

[5] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

reference, practice. the act of sending any matter by a court of chancery or 
one exercising equitable powers, to a master or other officer, in order that 
he may ascertain facts and report to the court. by reference is also 
understood that part of an instrument of writing where it points to another 
for the matters therein contained. for the effect of such reference, see 1 
pick. r. 27; 17 mass. r. 443; 15 pick. r. 66; 7 halst. r. 25; 14 wend. r. 
619; 10 conn. r. 422; 4 greenl. r. 14, 471; 3 greenl. r. 393; 6 pick. r. 
460; the thing referred to is also called a reference. 

[6] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

reference, contracts. an agreement to submit to certain arbitrators, matters 
in dispute between two or more parties, for their decision, and judgment. 
the persons to whom such matters are referred are sometimes called referees. 

[7] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

reference, mercantile law. a direction or request by a party who asks a 
credit to the person from whom he expects it, to call on some other person 
named in order to ascertain the character or mercantile standing of the 
former. 

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