Associations to the word «Confer»

Wiktionary

CONFER, verb. (obsolete) (intransitive) To compare. [16th–18th c.]
CONFER, verb. (intransitive) To talk together, to consult, discuss; to deliberate. [from 16th c.]
CONFER, verb. (obsolete) (transitive) To bring together; to collect, gather. [16th–17th c.]
CONFER, verb. (transitive) To grant as a possession; to bestow. [from 16th c.]
CONFER, verb. (obsolete) (intransitive) To contribute; to conduce. [16th–18th c.]

Dictionary definition

CONFER, verb. Have a conference in order to talk something over; "We conferred about a plan of action".
CONFER, verb. Present; "The university conferred a degree on its most famous former student, who never graduated"; "bestow an honor on someone".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats