conferrer

Variant of confer

transitive verb conferred, conferring

  1. to give, grant, or bestow
  2. Obsolete to compare

Origin: L conferre, to bring together, compare, confer < com-, together + ferre, to bear

intransitive verb

to have a conference or talk; meet for discussion; converse

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