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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

con·fer / kənˈfər/ • v. (-ferred , -fer·ring ) 1. [tr.] grant or bestow (a title, degree, benefit, or right). 2. [intr.] have discussions; exchange opinions: the officials were conferring with allies. DERIVATIVES: con·fer·ment n. (in sense 1). con·fer·ra·ble adj. con·fer·ral / -ˈfərəl/ n. (in sense 1).

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

confer †bring together, collect; compare, collate; converse, take counsel; bestow. XVI. — L. conferre, f. CON- + ferre bring, BEAR 2.
So conference †collation, collection; taking counsel, discourse; meeting for consultation. XVI. — F. conférence or medL. conferentia.

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

confer •à deux, agent provocateur, astir, auteur, aver, bestir, blur, bon viveur, burr, Chandigarh, coiffeur, concur, confer, connoisseur, cordon-bleu, cri de cœur, cur, danseur, Darfur, defer, demur, de rigueur, deter, entrepreneur, er, err, farceur, faute de mieux, fir, flâneur, Fleur, force majeure, fur, hauteur, her, infer, inter, jongleur, Kerr, littérateur, longueur, masseur, Monseigneur, monsieur, Montesquieu, Montreux, murre, myrrh, occur, pas de deux, Pasteur, per, pisteur, poseur, pot-au-feu, prefer, prie-dieu, pudeur, purr, raconteur, rapporteur, refer, répétiteur, restaurateur, saboteur, sabreur, seigneur, Sher, shirr, sir, skirr, slur, souteneur, spur, stir, tant mieux, transfer, Ur, vieux jeu, voyageur, voyeur, were, whirr

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