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Je_nie_dieu Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary
bestow and confer
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00 So, I suppose it means that the university gave a degree to that student? Am I right? 02 br
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| 02 br 02 br 00 Hi, 02 br 02 br 00 I was checking the defitinion of the word "bestow" and I've found such example: 02 br 02 br 01 b 00 bestow 02 b 02 br 02 td | 02 tr |
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| 00 1. 02 td | 01 td 01 h3 00 present; 01 font 00 "The university conferred a degree on its most famous former student, who never graduated"; 02 font 02 h302 td | 02 tr
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0 'awarded' is perhaps a better synonym than just 'give'. 0-
- 0 'awarded' is perhaps a better synonym than just 'give'.
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0 Oh, I see . I have just understood the meaning of "present". 02 br
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I looked up meaning of "salvation" (did not want it overstated to me by a tv evangelist) in The New Webster Dictionary Of The English Language.
"The redemption of man from the bondage of sin and liability to eternal death, and the conferring on him of everlasting happiness."
Same dictionary also told me, "Confer differs from bestow inasmuch as it always implies a certain amount of
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