conferring

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

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  • When she ventured to refer sarcastically to the use “Scarron's widow” had made of his present, Louis silenced her by answering, “In my opinion, Madame de Maintenon has acted very wisely”; thus by a word conferring noble rank on the woman his favourite was already beginning to fear as a rival. —  Love affairs of the Courts of Europe
  • The figures aboard the galley moved, conferring, and then a single figure came forward to reply. —  Jacqueline Carey - Kushiel 02 - Kushiel's Chosen
  • Haug and Blanche had been hastily conferring, and Blanche nodded her head. —  AnalogSFF,March2008
  • "But the conferring is going to take place over that radio." —  061 - Devil On The Moon
  • They bobbed their heads together as if conferring, then turned and waddled over the spit and out of sight. —  Aeon Five
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