confer

verb5

1. •
   To grant as a possession; to bestow.

   • The college has conferred an honorary degree upon the visiting Prime Minister.
2. •
   To talk together, to consult, discuss; to collogue.

   • They were in a huddle, conferring about something.
3. •
   (no longer used) To contribute; to conduce.

   • The closeness and compactness of the parts resting together doth much confer to the strength of the union. — 1665
4. •
   (no longer used) To compare.

   • The Newe Testament ... Conferred diligently with the Greke, and best approued translations. — 1557
5. •
   (no longer used) To bring together; to collect, gather.