Definition for CON-FER'

CON-FER', v.i. [Fr. conferer; It. conferire; Sp. conferir; L. confero; con and fero, to bear, to bring forth, to show, to declare. See Bear.]

To discourse; to converse; to consult together; implying conversation on some serious or important subject, in distinction from mere talk or light familiar conversation; followed by with. Adonijah conferred with Joab and Abiathar. – 1 Kings i. Festus conferred with the council. – Acts xxv.

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