Definition of confer

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Confer (v. t.) To bring together for comparison; to compare.

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Conference :: Conference (n.) A voluntary association of Congregational churches of a district; the district in which such churches are.
Ordination :: Ordination (n.) The act of setting apart to an office in the Christian ministry; the conferring of holy orders.
Show :: Show (v. t.) To bestow; to confer; to afford; as, to show favor..
Confer :: Confer (v. t.) To grant as a possession; to bestow.
Grace :: Grace (n.) An act, vote, or decree of the government of the institution; a degree or privilege conferred by such vote or decree..
Laureation :: Laureation (n.) The act of crowning with laurel; the act of conferring an academic degree, or honorary title..
Present :: Present (a.) To make a gift of; to bestow; to give, generally in a formal or ceremonious manner; to grant; to confer..
Revocation :: Revocation (n.) The act by which one, having the right, annuls an act done, a power or authority given, or a license, gift, or benefit conferred; repeal; reversal; as, the revocation of an edict, a power, a will, or a license..
Benefaction :: Benefaction (n.) The act of conferring a benefit.
Academy :: Academy (n.) A garden or grove near Athens (so named from the hero Academus), where Plato and his followers held their philosophical conferences; hence, the school of philosophy of which Plato was head..
Conference :: Conference (n.) A meeting for consultation, discussion, or an interchange of opinions..
Conferee :: Conferee (n.) One upon whom something is conferred.
Dub :: Dub (v. t.) To confer knighthood upon; as, the king dubbed his son Henry a knight..
Bless :: Bless (v. t.) To make happy, blithesome, or joyous; to confer prosperity or happiness upon; to grant divine favor to..
Vest :: Vest (n.) To clothe with authority, power, or the like; to put in possession; to invest; to furnish; to endow; -- followed by with before the thing conferred; as, to vest a court with power to try cases of life and death..
Auxiliary :: Auxiliary (a.) Conferring aid or help; helping; aiding; assisting; subsidiary; as auxiliary troops.
Doctor :: Doctor (v. t.) To confer a doctorate upon; to make a doctor.
Carburetor :: Carburetor (n.) An apparatus in which coal gas, hydrogen, or air is passed through or over a volatile hydrocarbon, in order to confer or increase illuminating power..
Bestow :: Bestow (v. t.) To give or confer; to impart; -- with on or upon.
Doctor :: Doctor (n.) An academical title, originally meaning a men so well versed in his department as to be qualified to teach it. Hence: One who has taken the highest degree conferred by a university or college, or has received a diploma of the highest degree; as, a doctor of divinity, of law, of medicine, of music, or of philosophy. Such diplomas may confer an honorary title only..
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