conferred
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Jackson briefly conferred with Reiner in court then went into chambers for around 10 minutes before returning to withdraw from the case.
Foreign citizens can be conferred knighthoods or damehoods but are not dubbed and cannot use the title Sir or Dame.
From BBC
During my own internship at the Star just out of college, I found that my KCK upbringing conferred upon me a kind of savage respect.
To have no needs or desires, in the Cynic view, conferred a power greater than that of a king.
“The labor market advantages conferred by a college degree have historically justified individual investment in higher education and expanding support for college access,” the Cleveland Fed study concludes.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
