confer
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Foreign citizens can be conferred knighthoods or damehoods but are not dubbed and cannot use the title Sir or Dame.
From BBC
During my own internship at the Star just out of college, I found that my KCK upbringing conferred upon me a kind of savage respect.
To have no needs or desires, in the Cynic view, conferred a power greater than that of a king.
“The labor market advantages conferred by a college degree have historically justified individual investment in higher education and expanding support for college access,” the Cleveland Fed study concludes.
His salt-and-pepper short hair and beard confer an air of seasoned, handsome ruggedness.
From Los Angeles Times
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