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confer — 1 bestow, present, *give, donate, afford Analogous words: accord, award, vouchsafe, *grant 2 Confer, commune, consult, advise, parley, treat, negotiate are synonyms when they are used intransitively and bear the meaning to carry on a conversation … New Dictionary of Synonyms
will — [n1] personal choice aim, appetite, attitude, character, conviction, craving, decision, decisiveness, decree, design, desire, determination, discipline, discretion, disposition, fancy, feeling, hankering, heart’s desire*, inclination, intention,… … New thesaurus
confer — v. 1) (D; intr.) ( to converse ) to confer about; with (we will confer with them about this matter) 2) (D; tr.) ( to award ) to confer on (to confer an award on smb.) * * * [kən fɜː] with (we will confer with them about this matter) (D; intr.) (… … Combinatory dictionary
confer — 01. The Russian President flew to Washington this morning to [confer] with the American President on the crisis developing in the Middle East. 02. I ll need to [confer] with my supervisor before I can allow that. 03. Not everyone could make it to … Grammatical examples in English
confer — verb (conferred; conferring) Etymology: Latin conferre to bring together, from com + ferre to carry more at bear Date: circa 1500 intransitive verb to compare views or take counsel ; consult transitive verb … New Collegiate Dictionary
meet and confer — A requirement of some courts that before certain types of motions or petitions are heard by the judge, the lawyers (and sometimes their clients) must meet (usually, in person or on the phone) to try to resolve the matter. This can resolve many… … Law dictionary
Free will — This article is about the philosophical questions of free will. For other uses, see Free will (disambiguation). A domino s movement is determined completely by laws of physics. Incompatibilists say that this is a threat to free will, but… … Wikipedia
demise — de·mise 1 /di mīz/ vt de·mised, de·mis·ing: to convey (possession of property) by will or lease the demised premises demise 2 n [Anglo French, from feminine past participle of demettre to convey by lease, from Old French, to put down, give up,… … Law dictionary
give away — 1) he refused to believe that his own sister had given him away Syn: betray, inform on; informal rat on, blow the whistle on, sell down the river, rat out, finger 2) his face gave little away Syn: reveal, disclose, divulge, let slip … Thesaurus of popular words
Sacraments — • Presents the necessity, the nature, the origin and cause, the number, the effects, the minister, and the recipient of the Sacraments Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Sacraments Sacraments … Catholic encyclopedia
