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Confer

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to discuss something with others to reach a decision, or to grant a right or title
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Stage 1 of 2
conferre
Latin · ancient
"to bring together"
to bring together, to compare, from com- (together) and ferre (to carry)
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Stage 2 of 2
confer
English · 1530s
"to discuss something with others, or to grant something"
settled as the English word for discussing something with others, or granting something
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