Definition of Conferring

1. Verb. (present participle of confer) ¹

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Definition of Conferring

1. confer [v] - See also: confer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Conferring

conferencing
conferencings
conferential
conferment
conferments
conferrable
conferral
conferrals
conferred
conferree
conferrees
conferrence
conferrences
conferrer
conferrers
conferring (current term)
conferruminate
confers
confertus
conferva
confervaceous
confervae
conferval
confervas
confervoid algae
confervous
confess
confessable
confessaries
confessary

Literary usage of Conferring

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Training for the Public Profession of the Law: Historical Development and by Alfred Zantzinger Reed (1921)
"When the school or department is a continuation of a private institution not conferring degrees, the dates of operation under these earlier conditions are ..."

2. Journal by New York (State). Legislature. Senate, New Jersey, Legislature, Idaho Legislature. Senate (1921)
"fifty-nine of the Laws of nineteen hundred and nineteen, entitled 'An act authorizing the t€rmination of certain highway contracts, conferring jurisdiction ..."

3. A Practical Treatise of the Law of Evidence, and Digest of Proofs, in Civil by Thomas Starkie (1891)
"to be mown and made into hay by the vendor (I), and conferring a right to make a profit of the surface of the land, or for the sale of growing turnips, ..."

4. Miscellaneous Addresses by Elihu Root (1917)
"In conferring the degree, Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, president of the university, said on behalf of the trustees: Elihu Root, bachelor of arts of Hamilton ..."

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