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conf.

1 American  

abbreviation

  1. (in prescriptions) a confection.

conf. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. compare.

conf. 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. conference.

  2. confessor.

  3. confidential.

Etymology

Origin of conf.1

From the Latin word confectiō

Origin of conf.2

From the Latin word confer

Example Sentences

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Martina G, intl. secy, 811; edits official paper, 817;report of conf. in Amsterdam, 818; 837;Alliance thanks, 854.Krog,

From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume VI by Harper, Ida Husted

Rachel Foster, 87; 88; 250; in N. Y, 443;Penn, 551-2;Wis, 701-2;at intl. suff. conf. in Wash, 807-8;Berlin, 811;Copenhagen, 812.Avery,

From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume VI by Harper, Ida Husted

As a demulcent and flavouring agent, honey is employed in the oxymel, oxymel scillae, mel boracis, confectio piperis, conf. scammonii and conf. terebinthinae of the British Pharmacopoeia.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various

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