Conferred [verb]

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If infections don’t confer long-term immunity, that approach won’t work.

In return, the fungi become flush with essential nutrients and minerals, a number of which can confer antioxidant, antimicrobial, and anticancer benefits to humans.

He suggests that the fluorescent pigments absorb UV rays, emitting harmless blue light, though the study can’t say precisely how the pigments confer protection.

High housing prices also work against the wage advantage that cities confer, especially for less-educated workers in expensive cities like New York and San Francisco.

These powerful bioactive compounds made by plants confer innumerable health benefits to themselves and the people who eat them.

Thereupon the Prince went to Westminster Abbey and conferred knighthood upon his companions.

The application to the Government for remuneration for benefits conferred on the public was unsuccessful.

A corporation has no lien on its stock for the indebtedness of the owner unless conferred by charter or statute.

They added that it would hardly be disputed that the Railways had on the whole conferred great benefits upon Ireland.