Part 2260

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One upon whom something is conferred.</def>

<h1>Conference</h1> <Xpage=299>

<hw>Con"fer*ence</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>conf\'82rence</ets>. See <er>Confer</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of comparing two or more things together; comparison.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Helps and furtherances which . . . the mutual <b>conference</b> of all men's collections and observations may afford. <i>Hocker.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The act of consulting together formally; serious conversation or discussion; interchange of views.</def>

<blockquote>Nor with such free and friendly <b>conference</b> As he hath used of old. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A meeting for consultation, discussion, or an interchange of opinions.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A meeting of the two branches of a legislature, by their committees, to adjust between them.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Methodist Church)</fld> <def>A stated meeting of preachers and others, invested with authority to take cognizance of ecclesiastical matters.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>A voluntary association of Congregational churches of a district; the district in which such churches are.</def>

<cs><col>Conference meeting</col>, <cd>a meeting for conference. Specifically, a meeting conducted (usually) by laymen, for conference and prayer. <mark>[U. S.]</mark></cd> -- <col>Conference room</col></mcol>, <cd>a room for conference and prayer, and for the pastor's less formal addresses. <mark>[U. S.]</mark></cd></cs>

<h1>Conferential</h1> <Xpage=299>

<hw>Con`fer*en"tial</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Relating to conference.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Clarke.</i>

<h1>Conferrable</h1> <Xpage=299>

<hw>Con*fer"ra*ble</hw> <tt>(#)</tt> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being conferred.</def>

<h1>Conferree</h1> <Xpage=299>

<hw>Con`fer*ree"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Conferee</er>.</def>

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<h1>Conferrer</h1> <Xpage=300>

<hw>Con*fer"rer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who confers; one who converses.</def>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who bestows; a giver.</def>

<h1>Conferruminate, Conferruminated</h1> <Xpage=300>

<hw><hw>Con`fer*ru"mi*nate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Con`fer*ru"mi*na`ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>conferruminare</ets> to cement. See <er>Ferruminate</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Closely united by the coalescence, or sticking together, of contiguous faces, as in the case of the cotyledons of the live-oak acorn.</def>

<h1>Conferva</h1> <Xpage=300>

<hw>Con*fer"va</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Conferv\'91</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[L., a kind of water plant. See <er>Comfrey</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Any unbranched, slender, green plant of the fresh-water algae. The word is frequently used in a wider sense.</def>