confer

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. v. To bestow (an honor, for example): conferred a medal on the hero; conferred an honorary degree on her.
2. v. To invest with (a characteristic, for example): a carefully worded statement that conferred an aura of credibility.
3. v. To meet in order to deliberate together or compare views; consult: conferred with her attorney.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To bring together.
2. To compare; examine by comparison; collate.
3. [In this sense now obsolete except as used in the imperative in making reference to illustrative words or passages, in which use it coincides with, and is usually treated as, the Latin imperative confer (pron. kon′ fėr), and commonly abbreviated conf. or cf.]
4. To bestow as a permanent gift; settle as a possession: followed by on or upon.
5. To contribute; conduce.
6. Synonyms Bestow; Grant, etc. See give.
7. To consult together on some special subject; compare opinions; carry on a discussion or deliberation. Formerly confer often meant simply to discourse, to talk, but it now implies conversation on some serious or important subject, in distinction from mere light talk or familiar conversation.

Wiktionary

1. v. To compare. [16th-18th c.]
2. v. To talk together, to consult, discuss; to deliberate. [from 16th c.]
3. v. To bring together; to collect, gather. [16th-17th c.]
4. v. To grant as a possession; to bestow. [from 16th c.]
5. v. To contribute (to); to conduce. [16th-18th c.]

GNU Webster's 1913

1. v. To bring together for comparison; to compare.
2. v. To grant as a possession; to bestow.
3. v. To contribute; to conduce.
4. v. To have discourse; to consult; to compare views; to deliberate.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. present.
2. v. have a conference in order to talk something over