All 3 Uses of
confer
in
The House of Mirth
- He liked the ease and glitter of the life, and the lustre conferred on him by being a member of this group of rich and conspicuous people.†
Chpt 1.5
- Miss Stepney, when her first fright had subsided, began to feel the superiority that greater breadth of mind confers.†
Chpt 1.11 *
- When an urgent case summoned him abroad to confer with a client in Paris, he broke reluctantly with the routine of the office; and it was only now that, having despatched his business, and slipped away for a week in the south, he began to feel the renewed zest of spectatorship that is the solace of those who take an objective interest in life.†
Chpt 2.1
Definition:
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(confer as in: confer with her coach) have a conference in order to talk something over