Word of the Day: Catachrestical
1. To give, or bestow; followed by on.
2. Coronation confers on the king no royal authority.
3. This word is particularly used to express the grant of favors, benefits and privileges to be enjoyed, or rights which are to be permanent; as, to confer on one the privileges of a citizen; to confer a title or an honor.
4. To compare; to examine by comparison; literally, to bring together. [See Compare.]
5. If we confer these observations with others of the like nature.
6. [This sense, though genuine, is now obsolete.]
7. To contribute; to conduce to; that is, to bring to. The closeness of parts confers much to the strength of the union, or intransitively, confers to the strength of the union.
To have discourse; to consult; to compare views; to deliberate.
1. To bring together for comparison; to compare.
2. To grant as a possession; to bestow.
3. To contribute; to conduce.
1. One who is conferred with, or who takes part in a conference; as, the conferees on the part of the Senate.
2. One upon whom something is conferred.
1. The act of conversing on a serious subject; a discoursing between two or more, for the purpose of instruction, consultation, or deliberation; formal discourse; oral discussion.
2. For they who seemed to be somewhat, in conference added nothing to me. Galatians 2:6 .
3. The ministers had a conference at Ratisbon.
4. A meeting for consultation, discussion or instruction.
5. Comparison; examination of things by comparison.
6. The mutual conference of observations. The conference of different passages of scripture.
7. [This sense is, I believe, now obsolete.]
1. The act of comparing two or more things together; comparison.
2. The act of consulting together formally; serious conversation or discussion; interchange of views.
3. A meeting for consultation, discussion, or an interchange of opinions.
4. A meeting of the two branches of a legislature, by their committees, to adjust between them.
5. A stated meeting of preachers and others, invested with authority to take cognizance of ecclesiastical matters.
6. A voluntary association of Congregational churches of a district; the district in which such churches are.
Relating to conference.
Capable of being conferred.
Given; imparted; bestowed.
One who confers; one who converses; one who bestows.
1. One who confers; one who converses.
2. One who bestows; a giver.
Conversing together; bestowing.
of Confer
Alt. of Conferruminated
Closely united by the coalescence, or sticking together, of contiguous faces, as in the case of the cotyledons of the live-oak acorn.
Any unbranched, slender, green plant of the fresh-water algae. The word is frequently used in a wider sense.
Belonging to the confervae.
Like, or related to, the confervae.
Advice Roget’s Thesaurus §695
N. advice, counsel, adhortation|, word to the wise, # suggestion, submonition|, recommendation, advocacy, advisement, exhortation, expostulation, admonition, guidance, instruction, charge, injunction, obtestation, governor's message, president's message, king's message, queen's speech, message, speech from the throne, adviser, prompter, counsel, counselor, monitor, mentor, nestor, magnus apollo, senator, teacher, guide, manual, chart, physician, doctor, leech|, archiater, arbiter, reference, referment, consultation, conference, pourparler
V. advise, counsel, give advice, give counsel, give a piece of advice, suggest, prompt, submonish, recommend, prescribe, advocate, exhort, enjoin, enforce, charge, instruct, call, call upon, dictate, expostulate, admonish, 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
Phr. "give every man thine ear but few thy voice", "i pray thee cease thy counsel", "my guide, philosopher, and friend", "'twas good advice and meant, my son be good", verbum sat sapienti, vive memor leti, "we, ask advice but we mean approbation"
Int. go to
Council Roget’s Thesaurus §696
N. council, committee, subcommittee, comitia, court, chamber, cabinet, board, bench, staff, senate, senatus, parliament, chamber of deputies, directory, reichsrath, rigsdag, cortes, storthing, witenagemote, junta, divan, musnud, sanhedrim, classis, amphictyonic council, duma, house of representatives, legislative assembly, legislative council, riksdag, volksraad, witan, caput, consistory, chapter, syndicate, court of appeal, board of control, board of works, vestry, county council, local board, audience chamber, council chamber, state chamber, cabinet council, privy council, cockpit, convocation, synod, congress, convention, diet, states-general, assembly, caucus, conclave, clique, conventicle, meeting, sitting, seance, conference, convention, exhibition, session, palaver, pourparler, durbar, house, quorum, council fire, powwow, primary, meeting, assemblage, member, senator, member of parliament, m, p, councilor, representative of the people, assemblyman, congressman, councilman, councilwoman, alderman, freeholder
Adj. senatorial, curule, congressional, parliamentary, legislative, law-making, regulatory, deliberative
Giving Roget’s Thesaurus §784
N. giving, bestowal, bestowment, # donation, presentation, presentment, accordance, concession, delivery, consignment, dispensation, communication, endowment, investment, investiture, award, almsgiving, charity, liberality, generosity, gift, donation, present, cadeau, fairing, free gift, boon, favor, benefaction, grant, offering, oblation, sacrifice, immolation, lagniappe, pilon, grace, act of grace, bonus, allowance, contribution, subscription, subsidy, tribute, subvention, bequest, legacy, devise, will, dotation, dot, appanage, voluntary settlement, voluntary conveyance, amortization, alms, largess, bounty, dole, sportule|, donative, help, oblation, offertory, honorarium, gratuity, peter pence, sportula, christmas box, easter offering, vail, douceur, drink money, pourboire, trinkgeld, bakshish, fee, consideration, bribe, bait, ground bait, peace offering, handsel, boodle*, graft, grease*, blat, giver, grantor, donor, feoffer, settlor
V. 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, render, impart, communicate, concede, cede, yield, part with, shed, cast, spend, 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, sacrifice, immolate
Adj. giving, given, allowed, allowable, concessional, communicable, charitable, eleemosynary, sportulary|, tributary, gratis, donative
Phr. auctor pretiosa facit, ex dono, res est ingeniosa dare
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7 KJV and 10 BSB verses contain “Confer”
And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, Ye sought for David in times past to be king over you:
Now Abner conferred with the elders of Israel and said, “In the past you sought David as your king.
And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader.
Then David conferred with all his leaders, the commanders of hundreds and of thousands.
Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for so was the king’s manner toward all that knew law and judgment:
Then the king consulted the wise men who knew the times, for it was customary for him to confer with the experts in law and justice.
Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days.
Only after three years did I go up to Jerusalem to confer with Cephas, and I stayed with him fifteen days.
But of these who seemed to be somewhat, (whatsoever they were, it maketh no matter to me: God accepteth no man’s person:) for they who seemed to be somewhat in conference added nothing to me:
But as for the highly esteemed—whatever they were makes no difference to me; God does not show favoritism—those leaders added nothing to me.
And great pleasure it is to have her friendship; and in the works of her hands are infinite riches; and in the exercise of conference with her, prudence; and in talking with her, a good report; I went about seeking how to take her to me.
Ludas placed armed men ready in convenient places, lest some treachery should be suddenly practised by the enemies: so they made a peaceable conference.