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confer

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confer
1. v. To grant as a possession; to bestow.
The college has conferred an honorary degree upon the visiting Prime Minister.
2. v. (intransitive) To talk together, to consult, discuss; to deliberate.
They were in a huddle, conferring about something.
3. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To compare.
4. v. (obsolete, transitive) To bring together; to collect, gather.
5. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To contribute; to conduce.

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