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Deduced or deducible by inference. "Inferential proofs." J. S. Mill.

By way of inference.

er into, or take a part in, the concerns of others; to intermeddle; to interpose. To interfere with party disputes. Swift. There was no room for anyone to interfere with his own opinions. Bp. Warburton.

The act or state of interfering; as, the stoppage of a machine by the interference of some of its parts; a meddlesome interference in the business of others.

One who interferes.

One who offers; esp., one who offers something to God in worship. Hooker.

One who pilfers; a petty thief.

A playfellow. [Obs.] [Also, playfeer, playphere.] Holinsheld.

predilection; choice; also, the power or opportunity of choosing; as, to give him his preference. Leave the critics on either side to contend about the preference due to this or that sort of poetry. Dryden. Knowledge of things alone gives a value to our reasonings, and preference of one man's knowledge over another's.…

Giving, indicating, or having a preference or precedence; as, a preferential claim; preferential shares.

g, as at primaries, in which the voters are allowed to indicate on their ballots their preference (usually their first and second choices) between two or more candidates for an office, so that if no candidate receives a majority of first choices the one receiving the greatest number of first and second choices together…

One who proffers something.

One to whom a thing is referred; a person to whom a matter in dispute has been referred, in order that he may settle it.

The act of referring, or the state of being referred; as, reference to a chart for quidance.

One to whose decision a cause is referred; a referee. [Obs.] Bacon.

A diplomatic agent's note asking for instructions from his government concerning a particular matter or point.

Containing a reference; pointing to something out of itself; as, notes for referential use. -- Ref`er*en"tial*ly, adv.

Half of a circumference.

s; one who endures or undergoes suffering; one who sustains inconvenience or loss; as, sufferers by poverty or sickness; men are sufferers by fire or by losses at sea.

See Taffrail.