Synonyms for conferring
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : kuh n-fur |
| Phonetic Transcription : kənˈfɜr |
Définition of conferring
Origin :- 1530s, from Middle French conférer (14c.) "to give, converse, compare," from Latin conferre "to bring together," figuratively "to compare; consult, deliberate, talk over," from com- "together" (see com-) + ferre "to bear" (see infer). Sense of "taking counsel" led to conference. The meaning "compare" (common 1530-1650) is largely obsolete, but the abbreviation cf. still is used in this sense. Related: Conferred; conferring.
- adj holding a conference
- It came to me like a flash as the Emperor was conferring the honours upon me.
- Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
- Each day he alleged the necessity of conferring with the woman.
- Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
- One would think I had come to ask a favor instead of conferring one.
- Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- And in the conferring of such benefits he was disposed to think he could outbid the world.
- Extract from : « Cyropaedia » by Xenophon
- Evidently he was conferring with someone else, probably Ku Sui.
- Extract from : « The Affair of the Brains » by Anthony Gilmore
- Each was receiving and conferring a favor; there was no debt on either side.
- Extract from : « Nicanor - Teller of Tales » by C. Bryson Taylor
- Crofter was not conferring a favour on me; only making a convenience of me.
- Extract from : « Tom, Dick and Harry » by Talbot Baines Reed
- The day of the conferring of it will ever live in my memory.
- Extract from : « A Labrador Doctor » by Wilfred Thomason Grenfell
- The city of Florence claimed the right of conferring knighthood.
- Extract from : « The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy » by Jacob Burckhardt
- I do not want to reproach you with benefits which he felt pleasure in conferring.
- Extract from : « The Monctons: A Novel, Volume I » by Susanna Moodie
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