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Adjective conferred has 1 sense
  1. bestowed, conferred, presented - given formally or officially
    Antonym: taken (indirect, via given)
,Verb confer has 2 senses
  1. confer, confabulate, confab, consult - have a conference in order to talk something over; "We conferred about a plan of action"
    --1 is one way to hash out, discuss, talk over
    Derived forms: noun conferee2, noun conference1, noun conference3
    Sample sentences:
    Sam cannot confer Sue
    Sam wants to confer with Sue
  2. confer, bestow - present; "The university conferred a degree on its most famous former student, who never graduated"; "bestow an honor on someone"
    --2 is one way to award, present
    Derived forms: noun conferment1, noun conferee1, noun conferral1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something on somebody
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