Definition of conferring

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Conferring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Confe.

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Patent :: Patent (a.) Open to public perusal; -- said of a document conferring some right or privilege; as, letters patent. See Letters patent, under 3d Letter..
Beneficial :: Beneficial (a.) Conferring benefits; useful; profitable; helpful; advantageous; serviceable; contributing to a valuable end; -- followed by to.
Plenipotentiary :: Plenipotentiary (a.) Containing or conferring full power; invested with full power; as, plenipotentiary license; plenipotentiary ministers..
Safe :: Safe (superl.) Conferring safety; securing from harm; not exposing to danger; confining securely; to be relied upon; not dangerous; as, a safe harbor; a safe bridge, etc..
Alkalization :: Alkalization (n.) The act rendering alkaline by impregnating with an alkali; a conferring of alkaline qualities.
Commission :: Commission (n.) A certificate conferring military or naval rank and authority; as, a colonel's commission..
Bestowment :: Bestowment (n.) The act of giving or bestowing; a conferring or bestowal.
Consultation :: Consultation (n.) The act of consulting or conferring; deliberation of two or more persons on some matter, with a view to a decision..
Carburize :: Carburize (v. t.) To combine with carbon or a carbon compound; -- said esp. of a process for conferring a higher degree of illuminating power on combustible gases by mingling them with a vapor of volatile hydrocarbons.
Accolade :: Accolade (n.) A ceremony formerly used in conferring knighthood, consisting am embrace, and a slight blow on the shoulders with the flat blade of a sword..
Honorary :: Honorary (a.) Conferring honor, or intended merely to confer honor without emolument; as, an honorary degree..
Denominative :: Denominative (a.) Conferring a denomination or name.
Salvation :: Salvation (n.) The redemption of man from the bondage of sin and liability to eternal death, and the conferring on him of everlasting happiness..
Honorable :: Honorable (a.) Conferring honor, or produced by noble deeds..
Honorific :: Honorific (a.) Conferring honor; tending to honor.
Giving :: Giving (n.) The act of bestowing as a gift; a conferring or imparting.
Collation :: Collation (v. t.) The act of conferring or bestowing.
Curule :: Curule (a.) Of or pertaining to a kind of chair appropriated to Roman magistrates and dignitaries; pertaining to, having, or conferring, the right to sit in the curule chair; hence, official..
Amrita :: Amrita (n.) Immortality; also, the nectar conferring immortality..
Aulic :: Aulic (n.) The ceremony observed in conferring the degree of doctor of divinity in some European universities. It begins by a harangue of the chancellor addressed to the young doctor, who then receives the cap, and presides at the disputation (also called the aulic)..
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