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Definition of cross-refer verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

cross-refer

verb

[transitive, intransitive] cross-refer (something) to somethingVerb Forms present simple I / you / we / they cross-refer

he / she / it cross-refers

past simple cross-referred

-ing form cross-referring

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to refer to another text or part of a text, especially to give more information about something The entry for “polygraph” is cross-referred to the entry for “lie detector.”

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