Reconfer
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 To confer again.; To grant or transfer ownership again.
"The bank comes forward, and asks us to reconfer on it these extravagant, alarming, and, I fear, ultimately ruinous privileges;"
- 2 To confer again.; To consult or deliberate again.
"Mr. Cina moved that the House refuse to adopt the conference committee report on S.F. No. 196, that the present House conference committee be continued, and that the House conference committee be instructed to reinsert the House language in Sec. 8, Subd. 2, relating to wage earners who earn $1500 or more in less than 20 weeks and reinsert the House language in Sec. 13, Subd. 1, clause (1), relating to disqualifications for voluntary quits, that the Senate be advised of the House action and be requested to reconfer on the differences between the Senate and the House On S. F. No. 196."
Example
More examples"The bank comes forward, and asks us to reconfer on it these extravagant, alarming, and, I fear, ultimately ruinous privileges;"
Etymology
From re- + confer.
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