confer on

Synonyms

bestow bequeath

Examples

Free trade, one of the greatest blessings which a government can confer on a people, is in almost every country unpopular. Thomas Babington Macaulay

Although the dream is a very strange phenomenon and an inexplicable mystery, far more inexplicable is the mystery and aspect our minds confer on certain objects and aspects of life. Giorgio de Chirico

We regard intelligence as man's main characteristic and we know that there is no superiority which intelligence cannot confer on us, no inferiority for which it cannot compensate. Henri Bergson

A skilled Transition Team leader will set the general goals for a Transition, and then confer on the other team leaders working with him the power to implement those goals. Richard V. Allen

Words in the phrase

confer on

Close letter words and terms

confer a right to confer about confer legitimacy confer the possibility confer with conferable