All 13 Uses of
confer
in
Bleak House
- I shall confer estates on both—which is not being troublesome, I trust?†
Chpt 1-3
- He asked me, first of all, whether I conferred a charm and a distinction on London by residing in it?†
Chpt 13-15
- And shall then confer estates.†
Chpt 13-15 *
- And to confer upon me the favour of your distinguished recommendation?†
Chpt 22-24
- Then I shall release my birds, you know, and confer estates.†
Chpt 34-36
- I said it was not the custom in England to confer titles on men distinguished by peaceful services, however good and great, unless occasionally when they consisted of the accumulation of some very large amount of money.†
Chpt 34-36
- "I arranged with Mr. Carstone that he should always know when his cause was in the Chancellor's paper, and being informed by one of my clerks last night after post time that it stood, rather unexpectedly, in the paper for to-morrow, I put myself into the coach early this morning and came down to confer with him."†
Chpt 37-39
- He makes so many of these references to the law-stationer in the course of a day or two that Allan, after conferring with Mr. Jarndyce, good-naturedly resolves to call in Cook's Court, the rather, as the cart seems to be breaking down.†
Chpt 46-48
- Here is a young woman," says Sir Leicester, magnificently laying out the matter with his right hand like a service of plate, "whose good fortune it is to have attracted the notice and favour of an eminent lady and to live, under the protection of that eminent lady, surrounded by the various advantages which such a position confers, and which are unquestionably very great—I believe unquestionably very great, sir—for a young woman in that station of life.†
Chpt 46-48
- Thus did it come to pass that she brought the Chadbands and Mr. Tulkinghorn together, and conferred with Mr. Tulkinghorn on the change in Mr. Guppy, and helped to turn up the circumstances in which the present company are interested, casually, by the wayside, being still and ever on the great high road that is to terminate in Mr. Snagsby's full exposure and a matrimonial separation.†
Chpt 52-54
- While this exordium is in hand—and it takes some time—Mr. Bucket, who has seen through the transparency of Mrs. Snagsby's vinegar at a glance, confers with his familiar demon and bestows his shrewd attention on the Chadbands and Mr. Smallweed.†
Chpt 52-54
- So he remains, dodging and lurking about in the gloom of the staircase while they confer.†
Chpt 55-57
- The last police-officer with whom he had conferred was standing silently behind us.†
Chpt 58-60
Definition:
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(confer as in: confer with her coach) have a conference in order to talk something over