Confer and Hand

Confer

Confer verb - To give the ownership or benefit of (something) formally or publicly.

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Hand and confer are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hand" instead a verb "Confer".

Hand verb - To put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another.

Usage example: handed me her bundles while she fished for her house keys

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Confer and hand are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Confer" instead a verb "Hand".

Nearby Words: handle, handy, handed, handful, handhold

power	confer power	hand power
control	confer control	hand control

Unless they're ambidextrous, though, it does confer an aiming penalty to the gun being used in the character's off-hand.

Source: Tabletop Game / Inquisitor
When Toyodo hand-optimizes them, at one point Jenkins tells a Colonist that he will decide and finds it turns out as "confer with the elders"; he has to correct that he alone will decide.

Source: My Hovercraft Is Full of Eels

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