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confer

(Consult), verb advise, compare opinions, confide in, consult with, consultare, counsel, deliberate, discuss, exchange observations, exhort, give advice, hold a conference, hold a consultation, interchange views, palaver, parley, refer, seek advice, take counsel, talk over
Associated concepts: confer with a client, confer with an associate

confer

(Give), verb accord, adjudge, administer, award, bestow, cede, conferre, convey, deliver, dispense, endow, give, grant, hand down, impart, invest, issue, pass down, present, relinquish, tender, transfer, transmit, yield
Associated concepts: confer authority, confer jurisdiction, conferred powers

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To confer the highest academic honor to a president that is implicated in thousands of killings is an insult to the very soul of UP,' Arguelles said.

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The trouble is that there will be some critical mass, some percentage of the artworld, which is required to confer non-arthood on a work.

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Infection typically confers lifelong immunity, so the disease almost always appears in young children rather than in adults.

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It is not yet clear whether absence of only one of these receptors, such as nectin-1, will confer resistance," she says.

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Being quick with the trigger is important for contestants who can't confer on answers except in certain circumstances.

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A corporation has more than one class of stock if all outstanding shares do not confer identical distribution and liquidation rights.

Structuring corporate payments to shareholder/employees to avoid creating a second class of stock

The insurance goal came with less than three minutes remaining after Fettig sent a lead ahead to Robin Confer.

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1A of Schedule-V-A of the Rules of Business, 1973, the Prime Minister has been pleased to confer, with immediate effect, the status of Federal Minister on Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman, MNA .

Pakistan : Maulana Fazl given status of Federal Minister

2 ( ANI ): Australia's Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government and Minister for the Arts Simon Crean will confer membership to the Order of Australia on Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar in Mumbai on Tuesday, 6 November.

Australian minister to confer Order of Australia honour on Tendulkar on Nov.6

Waldor and Mekalanos began by removing cholera toxin genes from the prevalent El Tor strain and substituting genes that confer resistance to antibiotics.

Cholera hides sinister stowaway

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