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reconferring

reconferring is the present participle and gerund of reconfer.

Meaning of 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
  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

Questions about reconferring

What is reconferring the present participle and gerund of?
Reconferring is the present participle and gerund of reconfer.

Words near reconferring in the dictionary

  1. reconductoring
  2. reconductors
  3. reconducts
  4. reconfer
  5. reconferred
  6. reconferring
  7. reconfers
  8. reconfess
  9. reconfessed
  10. reconfesses
  11. reconfessing

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