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confer

verb
/kənˈfʌɹ/US/kənˈfɜː/UK/kənˈfɛr/

Etymology

From Early Modern English conferre, from Middle French conférer, from Old French conferer, from Latin cōnferō. Compare Dutch confereren, German konferieren, Danish konferere, Swedish konferera. Doublet of collate. See also infer, relate and refer, delate and defer, as well as prelate and prefer among others.

  1. derived from konferera
  2. derived from konferere
  3. derived from konferieren
  4. derived from confereren
  5. derived from cōnferō
  6. derived from conferer
  7. derived from conférer
  8. derived from conferre

Definitions

  1. To grant as a possession

    To grant as a possession; to bestow.

    • The college has conferred an honorary degree upon the visiting Prime Minister.
    • Nor shall I count in hainous to enjoy The public marks of honour and reward Conferr'd upon me[…]
    • Abel tried to refuse the honor thus unexpectedly conferred upon him, but it was no use. He had been made a deacon, and a deacon he must remain.

  2. To talk together, to consult, discuss

    To talk together, to consult, discuss; to collogue.

    • They were in a huddle, conferring about something.
    • Local buttons popped when Henry Kissinger visited Little Rock last month to confer with Fulbright on the Middle East oil talks.

  3. To compare.

    • The Newe Testament ... Conferred diligently with the Greke, and best approued translations.
    • Confer thine estate with others […]. Be content and rest satisfied, for thou art well in respect to others […].
    • If we confer these observations with others of the like nature, we may find cause to rectify the general opinion.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. To bring together

      To bring together; to collect, gather.

    2. To contribute

      To contribute; to conduce.

      • The closeness and compactness of the parts resting together doth much confer to the strength of the union.

    3. A surname.

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Derived

agreement conferring jurisdiction, conferee, conferment, conferrable, conferral, conferrer, reconfer, unconferred

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at confer. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at confer. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at confer

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA