confer
confer is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To grant as a possession; to bestow. The public marks of honor and reward Conferred upon me. Milton.
- 2.To contribute; to conduce. [Obs.] The closeness and compactness of the parts resting together doth much confer to the strength of the union. Glanvill.
- 3.To have discourse; to consult; to compare views; to deliberate. Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered. Acts xxv.
- 4.You shall hear us confer of this. Shak.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abalienate
- abalienation
- acquire
- alien
- alienable
- alienate
- alienation
- and
- another
- assign
- assignment
- bargain
- barter
- change
- come
- coming
- consign
- convey
- conveyance
- conveyancing
- demise
- devolution
- devolve
- disinherit
- dispossess
- down
- enfeoffment
- estate
- exchange
- from
- grant
- hand
- interchange
- into
- lease
- limitation
- make
- negotiable
- negotiate
- one
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is confer.
- What is to grant as a possession; to bestow. The public marks of honor and reward Conferred upon me. Milton called?
- What is to contribute; to conduce. [Obs.] The closeness and compactness of the parts resting together doth much confer to the strength of the union. Glanvill called?
- What is to have discourse; to consult; to compare views; to deliberate. Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered. Acts xxv called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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