He alone confers on Pipin and his sons the dignity of Patriciate of the Romans, thereby binding him to an armed defence of Rome and its State.
One who gives or bestows; one who confers anything gratuitously; a benefactor.
Says the Senator, "It confers no political power; I do not mean that.
Moreover, retributive kindly emotion often confers benefits upon somebody nearly related to the benefactor, if he himself be out of reach, or in addition to benefits conferred on him.
On the other hand, it is success alone that confers upon a man the full reward which he deserves; good intentions without corresponding deeds meet with little applause even when the failure is due to mere misfortune.
It gives forth the light of religion and bestows the life of the spirit, imbues humanity with archetypal virtues and conferseternal splendors.
Bahá’u’lláh renewed these principles, just as the coming of spring refreshes the earth and confers new life upon all phenomenal beings.
It unites present and past, reveals the history of bygone nations and events, and confers upon man today the essence of all human knowledge and attainment throughout the ages.
Religion confers upon man eternal life and guides his footsteps in the world of morality.
In the case of minor positions to be filled within a congressional district, the President usually confers with the Representative from that district, if that Representative is of the President's party.
Though party government confers substantial benefits, it is likewise true that the power of the political party has been frequently abused.
A progressive civilization confers more and more benefits upon the individual, but his duties and responsibilities increase with equal speed.
It is the expression only of a preconception, and has eluded the scrutiny of his Critical method largely because of the protective colouring which its admirable adaptation to the needs of his architectonicconfers upon it.
The transcendental illusion, which confers reality upon the Ideas of Reason, is similarly incidental to the attempt to view experience in its greatest possible extension.
There was a time when I believed that this is what confersreal dignity upon human life, and I despised the common people who know nothing.
Self-consciousness, with the capacity which itconfers of constructing rational ideals, certainly, as Kant rightly contends, creates a situation to which mechanical categories are by no means adequate.
By the same that confers this well-appointed palace upon you," replied Sun: "because it is my home.
He pointed to an unweeded rice-field and with many ceremonious bows pressed the hoe upon Ning as one who confers high honours.
These records, and all like them, lead to the remark that marriage confers no rights, to either the bride or the bridegroom, in the highest meaning of the word.
The Constitution itself confersno Common Law Jurisdiction on the Government.
In Virginia a general law confers a reward of $100 on any man who shall bring back to Virginia a slave that has escaped into another State, and gives him also ten cents for each mile of travel in the chase after a man.
The court says; "A corporation, being a mere creation of law, it possesses only those properties which the charter of its creation confers upon it, either expressly or incidental to its very existence.
For if the sacrament confers grace on me because I receive it, then indeed I obtain grace by virtue of my work and not of faith; I lay hold not on the promise in the sacrament, but on the sign instituted and commanded by God.
For the effect of baptism depends not so much on the faith or use of him that confers it as on the faith or use of him that receives it; of which we have an illustration in the case of the play-actor who was baptised in jest[92].
He confersbenefits with a ready hand which are benefits only when they are acquired by conquest.
The privilege of voting is almost universal, and the freedom which this poor privilege confers is within the reach of Englishman, German, or Frenchman.
Property confers influence, and puts at one’s command resources that may be the means of extended and growing power alike over inanimate nature and the wills of men.
But where birth or condition confers certain peculiar rights, the problem must be so modified, that the rights conceded to the common citizens shall not interfere with these inherited or vested rights.
The latter maintain that society merely makes the appointment, and, by means of this act, God confers the power upon the person appointed.
Princes, therefore, receive from God the power of commanding; for supposing the election made by the whole state, God confers upon the prince the power which was vested in the community.
His own reason gives him no advantage over other creatures; the Church alone confers this privilege upon him!
In short, he confers upon him all the qualities of a 'Hamlet' character.
A divinely appointed authority--the Church--confers upon him 'those great advantages and odds he supposes to have over other creatures.
The main traits of Montaigne's character Shakspere confers upon the Danish Prince, and places him before a difficult task of life.
Whoever confers such a benefaction, also confersthe right upon the receiver, not only to express gratitude by words, but by acts, which shall avail in some substantial way.
One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem upon another.
Fame confers a rank above that of gentleman and of kings.
The gratification of curiosity rather frees us from uneasiness than confers pleasure; we are more pained by ignorance than delighted by instruction.
He on whom Heaven confers a sceptre knows not the weight till he bears it.
This is especially the case when we see that Plato himself states that it is the conformity of the states to the inherent laws of nature, that confers upon it divinity or holiness.
She is the mistress of the commencement of the year, who draws the Nile out of its source and thus confers life upon living human beings.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "confers" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
