Both Uses of
confer
in
The Remains of the Day
- Whenever the conference adjourned, I noticed, as no doubt his lordship did with some concern, that Mr Lewis would quickly take M. Dupont away to some corner or other where they could confer quietly.
Chpt 2m - *confer = talk
- And there across the hall, behind the very doors upon which my gaze was then resting, within the very room where I had just executed my duties, the most powerful gentlemen of Europe were conferring over the fate of our continent.
Chpt 4a -conferring = talking
Definitions:
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(1)
(confer as in: confer with her coach) have a conference in order to talk something over
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(2)
(confer as in: confer an honorary degree) to give -- especially to bestow an honor or title