reconfer

Verb

reconfer (third-person singular simple present reconfers, present participle reconferring, simple past and past participle reconferred)

1. 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;1831, Register of Debates in Congress
   • The main object and principle of the settlement was to reconfer proprietary rights on persons possessing the strongest prescriptive title, and to impose a moderate assessment.1882, Rajkumar Sarvadhikari, The Taluqdari Settlement in Oudh, page 28
2. 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...1963, Minnesota State Legislature, Journal of the House of Representatives
   • I would like to say that we have been conferring, and plede today is that I will go back and reconfer.1967, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking and Currency, Hearings, page 215