Definition of confer

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Confer (v. t.) To grant as a possession; to bestow.

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Invest :: Invest (v. t.) To confer; to give.
Confer :: Confer (v. t.) To contribute; to conduce.
Illustrious :: Illustrious (a.) Conferring luster or honor; renowned; as, illustrious deeds or titles..
Naturalize :: Naturalize (v. t.) To confer the rights and privileges of a native subject or citizen on; to make as if native; to adopt, as a foreigner into a nation or state, and place in the condition of a native subject..
Conference :: Conference (n.) A meeting of the two branches of a legislature, by their committees, to adjust between them..
Advantageous :: Advantageous (a.) Being of advantage; conferring advantage; gainful; profitable; useful; beneficial; as, an advantageous position; trade is advantageous to a nation..
Commencement :: Commencement (n.) The day when degrees are conferred by colleges and universities upon students and others.
Glorify :: Glorify (v. t.) To make glorious by bestowing glory upon; to confer honor and distinction upon; to elevate to power or happiness, or to celestial glory..
Academy :: Academy (n.) A garden or grove near Athens (so named from the hero Academus), where Plato and his followers held their philosophical conferences; hence, the school of philosophy of which Plato was head..
Patrician :: Patrician (n.) Originally, a member of any of the families constituting the populus Romanus, or body of Roman citizens, before the development of the plebeian order; later, one who, by right of birth or by special privilege conferred, belonged to the nobility..
Grace :: Grace (n.) An act, vote, or decree of the government of the institution; a degree or privilege conferred by such vote or decree..
Patent :: Patent (a.) The right or privilege conferred by such a document; hence, figuratively, a right, privilege, or license of the nature of a patent..
Ordination :: Ordination (n.) The act of setting apart to an office in the Christian ministry; the conferring of holy orders.
Benefaction :: Benefaction (n.) The act of conferring a benefit.
Conferrable :: Conferrable (a.) Capable of being conferred.
Knight Banneret :: Knight banneret () A knight who carried a banner, who possessed fiefs to a greater amount than the knight bachelor, and who was obliged to serve in war with a greater number of attendants. The dignity was sometimes conferred by the sovereign in person on the field of battle..
Doctor :: Doctor (v. t.) To confer a doctorate upon; to make a doctor.
Collation :: Collation (v. t.) The act of conferring or bestowing.
Plenipotentiary :: Plenipotentiary (a.) Containing or conferring full power; invested with full power; as, plenipotentiary license; plenipotentiary ministers..
Collate :: Collate (v. t.) To bestow or confer.
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