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1. Having reference
   "judgments referent to the indictment"

1. Something referred to; the object of a reference
    
2. The first term in a proposition; the term to which other terms relate
    
3. Something that refers; a term that refers to another term

Derived forms: referents

See also: denotative, denotive, reference

Type of: import, meaning, significance, signification, term

Encyclopedia: Referent