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n. - Person who makes a gift of property.

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Usage examples (11)
  • Verb (used with object) : to confer a degree on a graduate
  • But if the whole result of the exertion for which the receiver is bound to be grateful, is to be neutralised by the greed of the conferrer of the favour — if all is to...
  • Although my second middle name, Apostolides, is on every diploma I have ever received, and I always provided a phonetic transcription of it, every graduation of my life has...
  • Next week we'll look again at how Torah regards childbirth as an automatic conferrer of tum'ah.
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