confer

To grant as a possession; to bestow.transitive

• The college has conferred an honorary degree upon the visiting Prime Minister.

To talk together, to consult, discuss; to collogue.intransitive

• They were in a huddle, conferring about something.

To compare.obsolete

• The Newe Testament ... Conferred diligently with the Greke, and best approued translations.

To bring together; to collect, gather.obsoletetransitive

To contribute; to conduce.obsolete

• The closeness and compactness of the parts resting together doth much confer to the strength of the union.