All 5 Uses of
confer
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- Had they conferred together?†
Chpt 2.3 *
- They had conferred together until the last moment, when it was necessary for the French gentlemen to be landed in their boat.†
Chpt 2.3
- Mr. Cruncher did not assist at the closing sports, but had remained behind in the churchyard, to confer and condole with the undertakers.†
Chpt 2.14
- How lightly I valued the obligation I was conferring on my friend Mr. Charles!†
Chpt 2.18
- Not in the wine-shop did Madame Defarge confer with these ministers, but in the shed of the wood-sawyer, erst a mender of roads.†
Chpt 3.14
Definition:
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(confer as in: confer with her coach) have a conference in order to talk something over