confederative (konfederativ)

[ The King shall pay one hundred you sand crowns, whereof the one halfe the con federators shall and may employ when neede shall require. Grafton, Hen. VIII., an. 26. confer (kon-fér'), v.; pret. and pp. conferred, ppr. conferring. [Early mod. E. conferre; D. konfereren G. confer i ren = Dan. konferere, = E. infer, prefer, offer, refer, And One Two Three make Six, in One conferd. Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Columnes. 2. To compare; examine by comparison; collate. I have also translated it into Englishe, so that he may conferre the i me both to-githers, whereof (as lerned men affirme) cometh no smalle profecte. Quoted in Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. xxii. He shall behold all the delights of the Hesperides to be mere umbræ, and imperfect figures, conferred with the most e ential felicity of your court. B. Jonson, Every Man out of his Humour, iv. 6. If we confer these observations with others of the like nature, Boyle . =Syn. 3. Bestow, Grant, etc. See give . Glanville . II. in trans. To consult together on some special subject; compare opinions; carry on a discu ion or deliberation. Formerly confer often meant simply to discourse, to talk, but it now implies conversation on some serious or important subject, in distinction from mere light talk or familiar conversation. When they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves. Acts iv. 15. If he [a man] confer little, he had need have a present wit. Bacon, Studies. We have some secrets to confer about. Shak., T. G. of V., iii. 1. His eyes and his raiment confer much together as he goes in the street. B. Jonson, Cynthia's Revels, ii. 1. conferee (kon-fér-e'), n. [ Provision has been made for two additional conferees on the part of our government. Science, IV. 47. 2. One on whom something is conferred. conference (kon'fe-rens), n . [= D. konferentie = G. conferenz = Dan. konference , conferencia = It. conferenza , conferen (t-)s, ppr. of con ferre , compare, confer: see confer .] 11. Comparison; examination of things by comparison. The mutual conference of all men's collections and ob IMG:content-1028.png:[blocks in formation] 2. The act of conferring or consulting toge or ther; a meeting for consultation, discu ion, instruction; an interview and comparison or interchange of opinions. Specifically-(a) In diplo macy, a or le meeting of the representatives of different foreign countries. It has become rather difficult to draw any certain line between a congre and a conference. In theory, how ever, a congre has the power of deciding and conclud ing, while a conference can only discu and prepare. Thus the conferences of Moerdyk and Gertruidenberg ply prepared the way for the treaties of Utrecht, while the congre es of Munster, Aix-la-Chapelle, Rastadt, Erfurt, Prague, Châtill on, Vienna, Laybach, and Verona were all more or le direct in their action and results. Blackwood's Mag . (b) In British and American parliamentary usage, a species of negotiation between the two houses of Parliament or of Congre , conducted by managers appointed on both sides, for the purpose of reconciling differences. (c) Есcles.: (1) The annual a embly of ministers of the Wesley an Methodist Church in England, for transacting busine of an ecclesiastical nature. (2) In the Meth. Epis. Ch. of America, the title of four judicatories: (i.) An a embly, called the general conference, which meets once every four years, is composed of ministerial and lay delegates from the annual conferences, and is presided over by a general superintendent. (ii.) One of a number (now over 100) of a emblies, called annual conferences, which meet annually, take cognizance of ecclesiastical matters, collect statistics relating to the church, and have charge of benevolent contributions, current expenses, etc. (iii.) An a embly of the itinerant and local preachers, the exhorters, the stewards of a district, and a cla -leader and Sunday-school superintendent from each pastoral charge, called the district conference, meeting annually or semi annually. (iv.) An a embly, termed the quarterly confer ence, of all the itinerant and local preachers, exhorters, stewards, cla -leaders, trustees of churches, and first superintendents of Sunday-schools, in a circuit or station, under the presidency of a presiding elder. It hears complaints and appeals, examines into the character of preachers, licenses ministers, tries those against whom charges are preferred, and makes appointments and removals. (3) In the Rom. Cath. Ch.: (i.) A voluntary local a embly of priests; a pastoral conference. (ii.) An a embly of priests called by a college; a chapter conference. (4) In some Protestant churches, as the Congregational, a local a embly of representatives from several neighboring churches. 3. Discourse; talk; conversation. Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. Bacon , Studies. God save your grace, I do beseech your majesty, To have some conference with your grace alone. Shak., Rich. II., v. 3.