To hand over (a thing) as a present; to confer gratuitously the ownership of (some possession) on another person (with or without actual delivery…
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释义 | the mind > possession > giving > give [verb (transitive)] > confer (14) giveOE To hand over (a thing) as a present; to confer gratuitously the ownership of (some possession) on another person (with or without actual delivery… doOE To impart to, bring upon (a person, etc.) some affecting quality or condition; to bestow, confer… transitive. With indirect object. confer1542 Const. to, unto, or dative; rarely into. Obsolete. feoff1571 To confer (a heritable possession) upon. Chiefly figurative. Obsolete. infer1589 To confer, bestow. Obsolete. collate1591 To confer or bestow on, upon (a person); to give or grant to. Obsolete except as in 6. instate1647 To confer (a thing) on or upon. Obsolete. accede1818 transitive. To assign or award (an office or dignity); to grant (a favour, etc.); to hand over (power, etc.). Usually with to. Subcategories:— by a formal act (2) — by curtseying or nodding (2) — by judgement (2) |
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