Verb
- 1. confer, confabulate, confab, consult, hash out, discuss, talk over
- usage: have a conference in order to talk something over; "We conferred about a plan of action"
- 2. confer, bestow, award, present
- usage: present; "The university conferred a degree on its most famous former student, who never graduated"; "bestow an honor on someone"
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