1. To bring together for comparison; to compare. [Obs.]
If we confer these observations with others of the like nature, we may find cause to rectify the general
opinion.
Boyle.
2. To grant as a possession; to bestow.
The public marks of honor and reward
Conferred upon me.
Milton.
3. To contribute; to conduce. [Obs.]
The closeness and compactness of the parts resting together doth much confer to the strength of the
union.
Glanvill.
Confer
(Con*fer"), v. i. To have discourse; to consult; to compare views; to deliberate.
Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered.
Acts xxv. 12.
You shall hear us confer of this.
Shak.
Syn. — To counsel; advise; discourse; converse.
Conferee
(Con`fer*ee") n. [Cf. Referee.]
1. One who is conferred with, or who takes part in a conference; as, the conferees on the part of the
Senate.
2. One upon whom something is conferred.
Conference
(Con"fer*ence) n. [F. conférence. See Confer.]
1. The act of comparing two or more things together; comparison. [Obs.]
Helps and furtherances which . . . the mutual conference of all men's collections and observations
may afford.
Hocker.
2. The act of consulting together formally; serious conversation or discussion; interchange of views.
Nor with such free and friendly conference
As he hath used of old.
Shak.
3. A meeting for consultation, discussion, or an interchange of opinions.
4. A meeting of the two branches of a legislature, by their committees, to adjust between them.
5. (Methodist Church) A stated meeting of preachers and others, invested with authority to take cognizance
of ecclesiastical matters.
6. A voluntary association of Congregational churches of a district; the district in which such churches
are.
Conference meeting, a meeting for conference. Specifically, a meeting conducted (usually) by laymen,
for conference and prayer. [U. S.] — Conference room, a room for conference and prayer, and for the
pastor's less formal addresses. [U. S.]
Conferential
(Con`fer*en"tial) a. Relating to conference. [R.] Clarke.
Conferrable
(Con*fer"ra*ble) (#) a. Capable of being conferred.
