confer
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin conferō.
Pronunciation [edit]
Verb [edit]
confer (third-person singular simple present confers, present participle conferring, simple past and past participle conferred)
- (obsolete, intransitive) To compare. [16th–18th c.]
- 1557 (book title):
- The Newe Testament ... Conferred diligently with the Greke, and best approued translations.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.3.1.i:
- Confer thine estate with others [...]. Be content and rest satisfied, for thou art well in respect to others [...].
- 1557 (book title):
- (intransitive) To talk together, to consult, discuss; to deliberate. [from 16th c.]
- 1974, "A Traveler's Perils", Time, 25 Mar 1974:
- Local buttons popped when Henry Kissinger visited Little Rock last month to confer with Fulbright on the Middle East oil talks.
- 1974, "A Traveler's Perils", Time, 25 Mar 1974:
- (obsolete, transitive) To bring together; to collect, gather. [16th–17th c.]
- (transitive) To grant as a possession; to bestow. [from 16th c.]
- 2010, Andrew Rawnsley, The Observer, 7 Feb 2010:
- The special immunities that are conferred on MPs were framed with the essential purpose of allowing them to speak freely in parliament.
- 2010, Andrew Rawnsley, The Observer, 7 Feb 2010:
- (obsolete, intransitive) To contribute (to); to conduce. [16th–18th c.]
Related terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
collect
discuss, consult
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conduce
bestow
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Latin [edit]
Verb [edit]
cōnfer
- second-person singular present active imperative of cōnferō
