conférer — meaning in English

English meaning

• bestow verb To give something formally or ceremonially, often as an honour.
• confer verb To talk something over with others; to discuss and seek advice.
• entail verb To involve or require something as a necessary consequence.

Senses

conférer is used for these senses in English:

• bestow To impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour; to confer, to give, to accord; to render.
• entail (transitive) To settle or fix inalienably on a person or thing, or on a person and his descendants or a certain line of descendants; -- said especially of an estate; to bestow as a heritage.

confer — full definition

1. verb To talk something over with others; to discuss and seek advice.
2. verb To formally give or grant something, such as a title, honor, or right.

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