Grant
- Grant
- Grant Grant (gr[.a]nt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Granted}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Granting}.] [OE. graunten, granten, OF. graanter,
craanter, creanter, to promise, yield, LL. creantare to
promise, assure, for (assumed LL.) credentare to make
believe, fr. L. credens, p. pr. of credere to believe. See
{Creed}, {Credit}.]
1. To give over; to make conveyance of; to give the
possession or title of; to convey; -- usually in answer to
petition.
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Grant me the place of this threshing floor. --1
Chron. xxi.
22.
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2. To bestow or confer, with or without compensation,
particularly in answer to prayer or request; to give.
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Wherefore did God grant me my request. --Milton.
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3. To admit as true what is not yet satisfactorily proved; to
yield belief to; to allow; to yield; to concede.
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Grant that the Fates have firmed by their decree.
--Dryden.
Syn: Syn.-- To give; confer; bestow; convey; transfer; admit;
allow; concede. See {Give}.
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