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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of confer.

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Examples

  • You say, "After a while, the American side slumbered, however, unable to appreciate how the mere act of speaking in Chinese confers so much satisfaction that what is said hardly matters."

    Legacies: A Chinese Mosaic 1990

  • First, even for new works, a longer copyright term confers very little incentive at the margin for creators.

    Lessig on Copyright, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • In today's French Republic, a noble title confers no formal power.

    What's a Poor French Noble to Do Without a King to Call His Own? Max Colchester 2011

  • The reason that political progeny are so plentiful is simple: a famous last name confers instant recognition among voters — and very often Mom's or Dad's network of donors, too.

    Down Year for Dynasties 2004

  • The reason that political progeny are so plentiful is simple: a famous last name confers instant recognition among voters — and very often Mom's or Dad's network of donors, too.

    Down Year for Dynasties 2004

  • The reason of this is that the knowledge of another's name confers power over that other: it is as though he, or at least an essential part of him, were in the possession of the person who had obtained the knowledge of his name.

    The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology Edwin Sidney Hartland 1887

  • Mr. Horace Greeley, the introduction of whose name confers an honor upon this page (although I ought to say that it is used entirely without his consent), is my sole authority in agriculture.

    The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner Charles Dudley Warner 1864

  • Mr. Horace Greeley, the introduction of whose name confers an honor upon this page (although I ought to say that it is used entirely without his consent), is my sole authority in agriculture.

    My Summer in a Garden Charles Dudley Warner 1864

  • While the entire site is listed in the National Register as a historic district, this designation confers no protection for the historic buildings/resource/landscape.

    Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Local News 2011

  • In fact, up-regulation of HO-1 expression confers adaptive survival response to oxidative and inflammatory insults both

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Nadia G. Innamorato et al. 2010

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