confer

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
confer /kənˈfəː/

▶verb (confers, conferring, conferred)

• 1 (often confer something on) grant (a title, degree, benefit, or right).

• 2 have discussions.

– derivatives
conferment noun,
conferrable adjective,
conferral noun.

– origin ME: from L. conferre, from con- ‘together’ + ferre ‘bring’.