Verb (used with object) : to confer a degree on a graduate. From Dictionary.com.
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 be taken that has been given, and much more also — what ground will there be left for gratitude?. From Wordnik.com. [Lady Anna] Reference
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 been exactly the same: the degree-conferrer looks down at my diploma, pales visibly, looks up at me helplessly – and then announces me as only Anne Mini. From Wordnik.com. [Author! Author! » 2006 » November] Reference
Next week we'll look again at how Torah regards childbirth as an automatic conferrer of tum'ah. From Wordnik.com. [Velveteen Rabbi] Reference
Being the 'conferrer of directions', steering wheel plays an extremely critical role in the performance of the car. From Wordnik.com. [ReadABlog.com New Blogs and RSS Feeds] Reference
He had Marshal Ney's deserved reputation -- le brave des braves -- and there is no more coldly critical conferrer of such repute than the British Army in the field. From Wordnik.com. [The Red Planet] Reference
If a hd digital recorder of the mocambique thalassic pogrom flouter a disreputable anabolism, enviously the pitchman has a polygynous conferrer to lifespan with it. From Wordnik.com. [Rational Review] Reference
The difference between them is, that in the first a commencement is made with the mention of Heaven as the conferrer of man's nature, while in this the progress of man in virtue is traced, step by step, till at last it is equal to that of High Heaven. From Wordnik.com. [The Chinese Classics: with a translation, critical and exegetical notes, prolegomena and copious indexes (Shih ching. English) — Volume 1] Reference
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 be taken that has been given, and much more also -- what ground will there be left for gratitude?. From Wordnik.com. [Lady Anna] Reference
What an ungrateful benefit-conferrer art thou! —. From Wordnik.com. [Clarissa Harlowe] Reference
What an ungrateful benefit-conferrer art thou!. From Wordnik.com. [Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 7] Reference
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