conferment

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con⋅fer

[kuh

n-fur]

verb, -ferred, -fer⋅ring.

–verb (used without object)

1.	to consult together; compare opinions; carry on a discussion or deliberation.

–verb (used with object)

2.	to bestow upon as a gift, favor, honor, etc.: to confer a degree on a graduate.

3.	Obsolete. to compare.

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Origin:
1400–50 for earlier sense “to summon”; 1520–30 for current senses; late ME conferen < L conferre to bring together, compare, consult with, equiv. to con- con- + ferre to carry, bear ¹

Related forms:

con⋅fer⋅ment, noun

con⋅fer⋅ra⋅ble, adjective

con⋅fer⋅rer, noun

Synonyms:
1. See consult. 2. See give.

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con·fer (kən-fûr')

v. con·ferred, con·fer·ring, con·fers

v. tr.

To bestow (an honor, for example): conferred a medal on the hero; conferred an honorary degree on her.
To invest with (a characteristic, for example): a carefully worded statement that conferred an aura of credibility.

v. intr.
To meet in order to deliberate together or compare views; consult: conferred with her attorney.

[Latin cōnferre : com-, com- + ferre, to bring; see bher-¹ in Indo-European roots.]
con·fer'ment, con·fer'ral n., con·fer'ra·ble adj., con·fer'rer n.

Word Origin & History

confer

1533, from L. conferre "to bring together, compare," from com- "together" + ferre "to bear" (see infer). Sense of "taking counsel" led to conference (1555). The meaning "compare" (common 1530-1650) is largely obsolete, but the abbreviation cf. is still used in this sense.

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