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Definition of Conferred
1. confer [v] - See also: confer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Conferred
Literary usage of Conferred
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1905)
"SCIENCE. has been conferred by other institutions, but few of them have proper
facilities for ... The table shows that 324 degrees were conferred this year, ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"and though the mastership is no longer conferred as a separate degree, a trace
of the medieval practice is still found in the diploma which styles its ..."
3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1920)
"Appeal from Superior Court, • Carteret | ever, not necessary that the authority
should County ; Daniels, Judge. j be expressly conferred. It may be implied. ..."
4. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1887)
"Cicero was the favourite Latin author of his youth, but he explored Plato and
Plotinus in recently published Latin translations, ' conferred and paralleled ..."
5. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"Is conferred by the act of Sept. 24, 1789. A case of collision between two vessels
Is an admiralty cause of which state courts have no jurisdiction. ..."
6. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient by Richard Garnett, Leon i.e. Alexandre Le'on Valle'e, Léon Vallée, Alois Leonhard Brandl (1899)
"POWERS conferred BY NEW CONSTITUTION. BY ALEXANDER HAMILTON. [ALEXANDER HAMILTON,
the great American statesman, was the son of a Scotch merchant and a ..."
7. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"It was established on Helmholtz's birthday in 1892, and has since been conferred
on Du Bois-Reymond,Weierstrass and Lord Kelvin. DR. ..."
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