All 3 Uses of
confer
in
Animal Farm
- The animals decided unanimously to create a military decoration, 'Animal Hero, First Class,' which was conferred there and then on Snowball and Boxer.
p. 44..2 *conferred = given
- There was also 'Animal Hero, Second Class,' which was conferred posthumously on the dead sheep.
p. 44..5
- It was announced that the battle would be called the Battle of the Windmill, and that Napoleon had created a new decoration, the Order of the Green Banner, which he had conferred upon himself.
p. 106..9conferred = gave
Definition:
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(confer as in: confer an honorary degree) to give -- especially to bestow an honor or title