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conferred

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con·fer  (kn-fûr)
v. con·ferred, con·fer·ring, con·fers
v.tr.
1. To bestow (an honor, for example): conferred a medal on the hero; conferred an honorary degree on her.
2. 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 cnferre : com-, com- + ferre, to bring; see bher-1 in Indo-European roots.]

con·ferment, con·ferral n.
con·ferra·ble adj.
con·ferrer n.


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THE republic of Madagonia had been long and well represented at the court of the King of Patagascar by an officer called a Dazie, but one day the Madagonian Parliament conferred upon him the superior rank of Dandee.
General View of the Powers Conferred by The Constitution For the Independent Journal.
None of these indispensably necessary powers were ever conferred by the State Legislatures upon the Congress of the federation; and well was it that they never were.
 
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