| • | To refer. | 
											
															| • | To bring back, as an answer; to announce in return; to
   relate, as what has been discovered by a person sent to examine,
   explore, or investigate; as, a messenger reports to his employer what
   he has seen or ascertained; the committee reported progress. | 
											
															| • | To give an account of; to relate; to tell; to circulate
   publicly, as a story; as, in the common phrase, it is reported. | 
											
															| • | To give an official account or statement of; as, a
   treasurer reports the receipts and expenditures. | 
											
															| • | To return or repeat, as sound; to echo. | 
											
															| • | To return or present as the result of an examination or
   consideration of any matter officially referred; as, the committee
   reported the bill witth amendments, or reported a new bill, or reported
   the results of an inquiry. | 
											
															| • | To make minutes of, as a speech, or the doings of a
   public body; to write down from the lips of a speaker. | 
											
															| • | To write an account of for publication, as in a
   newspaper; as, to report a public celebration or a horse race. | 
											
															| • | To make a statement of the conduct of, especially in an
   unfavorable sense; as, to report a servant to his employer. | 
											
															| • | To make a report, or response, in respect of a matter
   inquired of, a duty enjoined, or information expected; as, the
   committee will report at twelve o'clock. | 
											
															| • | To furnish in writing an account of a speech, the
   proceedings at a meeting, the particulars of an occurrence, etc., for
   publication. | 
											
															| • | To present one's self, as to a superior officer, or to
   one to whom service is due, and to be in readiness for orders or to do
   service; also, to give information, as of one's address, condition,
   etc.; as, the officer reported to the general for duty; to report
   weekly by letter. | 
											
															| • | That which is reported. | 
											
															| • | An account or statement of the results of examination or
   inquiry made by request or direction; relation. | 
											
															| • | A story or statement circulating by common talk; a
   rumor; hence, fame; repute; reputation. | 
											
															| • | Sound; noise; as, the report of a pistol or cannon. | 
											
															| • | An official statement of facts, verbal or written;
   especially, a statement in writing of proceedings and facts exhibited
   by an officer to his superiors; as, the reports of the heads af
   departments to Congress, of a master in chancery to the court, of
   committees to a legislative body, and the like. | 
											
															| • | An account or statement of a judicial opinion or
   decision, or of case argued and determined in a court of law, chancery,
   etc.; also, in the plural, the volumes containing such reports; as,
   Coke's Reports. | 
											
															| • | A sketch, or a fully written account, of a speech,
   debate, or the proceedings of a public meeting, legislative body, etc. | 
											
															| • | Rapport; relation; connection; reference. |