confer
verb
1 confer
Have a conference in order to talk something over:
— We conferred about a plan of action.
synonyms: confab, confabulate, consult.
Roget 695:
advise,
counsel;
give advice,
give counsel,
give a piece of advice [Fr.];
suggest,
prompt,
submonish†,
recommend,
prescribe,
advocate;
exhort
etc.
(persuade)
615.
enjoin,
enforce,
charge,
instruct,
call;
call upon
etc.
(request)
765;
dictate.
expostulate
etc.
(dissuade)
616;
admonish
etc.
(warn)
668.
advise with;
lay heads together,
consult together;
compare notes;
hold a council,
deliberate,
be closeted with.
confer,
consult,
refer to,
call in;
take advice,
follow advice;
be advised by,
have at one's elbow,
take one's cue from.
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Roget 696:
assemble,
gather together,
meet
(assemblage)
72;
confer,
caucus,
hold council;
huddle [Coll.].
Dutch: overleggen
2 confer
Present:
— The university conferred a degree on its most famous former student, who never graduated.
synonym: bestow.
Roget 784:
deliver,
hand,
pass,
put into the hands of;
hand over,
make over,
deliver over,
pass over,
turn over;
assign dower.
present,
give away,
dispense,
dispose of;
give out,
deal out,
dole out,
mete out,
fork out,
squeeze out.
pay
etc.
807;
render,
impart,
communicate.
concede,
cede,
yield,
part with,
shed,
cast;
spend
etc.
809.
give,
bestow,
confer,
grant,
accord,
award,
assign.
intrust,
consign,
vest in.
make a present;
allow,
contribute,
subscribe,
furnish its quota.
invest,
endow,
settle upon;
bequeath,
leave,
devise.
furnish,
supply,
help;
administer to;
afford,
spare;
accommodate with,
indulge with,
favor with;
shower down upon;
lavish,
pour on,
thrust upon.
tip,
bribe;
tickle the palm,
grease the palm;
offer
etc.
763;
sacrifice,
immolate.
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Dutch: toedelen, toestaan, verlenen
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