conferring

English

Verb

conferring

1. present participle and gerund of confer

Noun

conferring (plural conferrings)

1. The act of one who confers.
   • 1921, Asia: Journal of the American Asiatic Association:

     His critics ask him if he expects to prevent the conferees in the Conference from talking to one another in the Metropolitan Club and from then coming to the Conference's open sessions merely to register the results of their secret conferrings.