| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. To be pertinent: appertain, apply, bear on or (upon), concern, pertain, relate. Idioms: have a bearing on, have to do with. See RELEVANT. 2. To regard as belonging to or resulting from another: accredit, ascribe, assign, attribute, charge, credit, impute, lay1. See GIVE. 3. To call or direct attention to something: advert, bring up, mention, point, point out, touch (on or upon). See WORDS. 4. To direct (a person) elsewhere for help or information: send, transfer, turn over. See MOVE. 5. To look to when in need: apply, go, repair2, resort, run, turn. Idioms: fall back on (or upon) , have recourse to. See USED.
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