Definition of confer

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Confer (v. i.) To have discourse; to consult; to compare views; to deliberate.

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Benefiter :: Benefiter (n.) One who confers a benefit; -- also, one who receives a benefit..
Collation :: Collation (v. t.) The act of conferring or bestowing.
Crow-silk :: Crow-silk (n.) A filamentous fresh-water alga (Conferva rivularis of Linnaeus, Rhizoclonium rivulare of Kutzing)..
Conferruminate :: Conferruminate (a.) Alt. of Conferruminate.
Starproof :: Starosty (n.) A castle and domain conferred on a nobleman for life.
Commencement :: Commencement (n.) The day when degrees are conferred by colleges and universities upon students and others.
Conferrable :: Conferrable (a.) Capable of being conferred.
Consult :: Consult (v. i.) To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer.
Promise :: Promise (v. t.) To make declaration of or give assurance of, as some benefit to be conferred; to pledge or engage to bestow; as, the proprietors promised large tracts of land; the city promised a reward..
Parliament :: Parliament (n.) A formal conference on public affairs; a general council; esp., an assembly of representatives of a nation or people having authority to make laws..
Pan-anglican :: Pan-Anglican (a.) Belonging to, or representing, the whole Church of England; used less strictly, to include the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States; as, the Pan-Anglican Conference at Lambeth, in 1888..
Bless :: Bless (v. t.) To invoke or confer beneficial attributes or qualities upon; to invoke or confer a blessing on, -- as on food..
Banneret :: Banneret (n.) A title of rank, conferred for heroic deeds, and hence, an order of knighthood; also, the person bearing such title or rank..
Elder :: Elder (a.) A person who, on account of his age, occupies the office of ruler or judge; hence, a person occupying any office appropriate to such as have the experience and dignity which age confers; as, the elders of Israel; the elders of the synagogue; the elders in the apostolic church..
Confer :: Confer (v. t.) To contribute; to conduce.
Benefactress :: Benefactress (n.) A woman who confers a benefit.
Plenipotentiary :: Plenipotentiary (a.) Containing or conferring full power; invested with full power; as, plenipotentiary license; plenipotentiary ministers..
Aulic :: Aulic (n.) The ceremony observed in conferring the degree of doctor of divinity in some European universities. It begins by a harangue of the chancellor addressed to the young doctor, who then receives the cap, and presides at the disputation (also called the aulic)..
Conferree :: Conferree (n.) Same as Conferee.
Ordination :: Ordination (n.) The act of setting apart to an office in the Christian ministry; the conferring of holy orders.
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