Confer
[kən'fɜː] or [kən'fɝ]
Definition
(verb.) have a conference in order to talk something over; 'We conferred about a plan of action'.
(verb.) present; 'The university conferred a degree on its most famous former student, who never graduated'; 'bestow an honor on someone'.
Editor: Sonya--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To bring together for comparison; to compare.
(v. t.) To grant as a possession; to bestow.
(v. t.) To contribute; to conduce.
(v. i.) To have discourse; to consult; to compare views; to deliberate.
Editor: Upton
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Converse, discourse, parley, advise, talk, hold a conference, talk together.
v. a. [Appropriately used when the gift is from a person of superior rank to another of lower rank.] Bestow, give, grant, vouchsafe.
Edited by Fred
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Compare, collate, discuss, deliberate, converse, consult, give, present
ANT:Dissociate, contrast, hazard, conjecture, withhold, withdraw
Inputed by Alphonso
Definition
v.t. to give or bestow: to compare (notes) collate—abbrev. cf.—v.i. to talk or consult together:—pr.p. confer′ring; pa.p. conferred′.—ns. Conferee′ one conferred with; Con′ference the act of conferring: an appointed meeting for instruction or discussion.—adjs. Conferen′tial; Confer′rable.—n. Confer′rer one who confers.
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Examples
- If I spoke, my speaking would confer advantage on no one. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I was an untaught shepherd-boy, when Adrian deigned to confer on me his friendship. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Having received this order I went to New Orleans to confer with Banks about the proposed movement. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- My dear Watson, you would confer a great favor upon me by coming. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- I shall confer estates on both--which is not being troublesome, I trust? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Then I shall release my birds, you know, and confer estates. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- But does he therefore confer no benefit when he works for nothing? Plato. The Republic.
- His father had never conferred a favour or shewn a kindness more to his satisfaction. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Certainly, if years of residence may establish a claim to so--ha--honourable a title, I may accept the--hum--conferred distinction. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- But as one invention has succeeded another people have grown wiser, and realized that each has conferred a benefit rather than taken away a right. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The solitary woman felt an interest in the ambitious girl, and kindly conferred many favors of this sort both on Jo and the Professor. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- He was indeed an officer and a gentleman--a title conferred on many, but deserved by so few. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- She was not sure if she would go where permission was given so like a favour conferred. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- It looked an insignificant thing to have conferred upon the world of science and mechanics such a mighty extension of their dominions as it has. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Only application tests them, and only testing confers full meaning and a sense of their reality. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The emperor also confers on him some public mark of his favour, and proclamation is made of his innocence through the whole city. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Analytical Chemist goes to the door, confers angrily with unseen tapper, appears to become mollified by descrying reason in the tapping, and goes out. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Miss Stepney, when her first fright had subsided, began to feel the superiority that greater breadth of mind confers. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- What is it that confers the noblest delight? Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- For it builds up a social interest and confers the intelligence needed to make that interest effective in practice. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Chemistry especially has always had irresistible attractions for me from the enormous, the illimitable power which the knowledge of it confers. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- In one respect it was better, as it gave him the means of conferring a kindness where he wished to oblige. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- For my own part, when I am employed in serving others, I do not look upon myself as conferring favours, but as paying debts. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- How lightly I valued the obligation I was conferring on my friend Mr. Charles! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
Edited by Amber