1. confer - Verb
2. Confer - Proper noun
To bring together for comparison; to compare.
To grant as a possession; to bestow.
To contribute; to conduce.
To have discourse; to consult; to compare views; to deliberate.
Source: Webster's dictionaryMachines are worshipped because they are beautiful and valued because they confer power; they are hated because they are hideous and loathed because they impose slavery. Bertrand Russell
Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility. Peter Drucker
I cannot imagine any other country in the world where the opposition would seek, and the chief executive would allow, the dissemination of his most private and personal conversations with his staff, which, to be honest, do not exactly confer sainthood on anyone concerned. Gerald Ford
I do not confer praise or blame: I accept. I am the measure of all things. I am the centre of the world. W. Somerset Maugham
The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves. William Ellery Channing
If you have no one else, then confer with your knee. Japanese Proverb