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grant

  [grant, grahnt]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to bestow or confer, esp. by a formal act: to grant a charter.
2. to give or accord: to grant permission.
3. to agree or accede to: to grant a request.
4. to admit or concede; accept for the sake of argument: I grant that point.
5. to transfer or convey, esp. by deed or writing: to grant property.
–noun
6. something granted, as a privilege or right, a sum of money, or a tract of land: Several major foundations made large grants to fund the research project.
7. the act of granting.
8. Law. a transfer of property.
9. a geographical unit in Vermont, Maine, and New Hampshire, originally a grant of land to a person or group of people.
—Idiom
10. take for granted,
a. to accept without question or objection; assume: Your loyalty to the cause is taken for granted.
b. to use, accept, or treat in a careless or indifferent manner: A marriage can be headed for trouble if either spouse begins to take the other for granted.
Origin:
1175–1225; ME gra(u)nten < OF graunter, var. of crëanter < VL *credentāre, v. deriv. of L crēdent-, s. of crēdēns, prp. of crēdere to believe

Related forms:
grant⋅a⋅ble, adjective
grant⋅ed⋅ly, adverb
granter, noun

Synonyms:
1. award, vouchsafe. 2. See give. 6, 7. concession, bequest. 7. conveyance.

Antonyms:
1, 2. receive.
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Grant

  [grant, grahnt]
–noun
1. Cary (Archibald Leach), 1904–86, U.S. actor, born in England.
2. He⋅ber Jed⋅e⋅di⋅ah  [hee-ber jed-i-dahy-uh] , 1856–1945, U.S. president of the Mormon Church 1918–45.
3. Ulysses S(impson) 1822–85, 18th president of the U.S. 1869–77: Union general in the Civil War.
4. a male given name: from a Latin word meaning “large, great.”
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grant   (grānt)   
tr.v.   grant·ed, grant·ing, grants
  1. To consent to the fulfillment of: grant a request.
  2. To accord as a favor, prerogative, or privilege: granted the franchise to all citizens.
    1. To bestow; confer: grant aid.
    2. To transfer (property) by a deed.
  4. To concede; acknowledge: I grant the genius of your plan, but you still will not find backers.
n.  
  1. The act of granting.
    1. Something granted.
    2. A giving of funds for a specific purpose: federal grants for medical research.
    3. A transfer of property by deed.
    4. The property so transferred.
    5. The deed by which the property is so transferred.
  3. Law
    1. A transfer of property by deed.
    2. The property so transferred.
    3. The deed by which the property is so transferred.
  4. One of several tracts of land in New Hampshire, Maine, and Vermont originally granted to an individual or a group.

[Middle English granten, from Old French granter, variant of creanter, from Vulgar Latin *crēdentāre, to assure, from Latin crēdēns, crēdent-, present participle of crēdere, to believe; see kerd- in Indo-European roots.]
grant'a·ble adj., grant'er n.
Grant   (grānt)   
British-born American actor who was the epitome of the elegant leading man in films such as The Philadelphia Story (1940) and North by Northwest (1959).
Grant, Ulysses Simpson Originally Hiram Ulysses Grant. 1822-1885.  
The 18th President of the United States (1869-1877) and a Civil War general. After his victorious Vicksburg campaign (1862-1863), he was made commander in chief of the Union Army (1864) and accepted the surrender of Gen. Robert E. Lee at Appomattox (1865). Grant's two-term presidency was marred by widespread graft and corruption.
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Grant

Grant\, 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.

Grant me the place of this threshing floor. --1 Chrcn. xxi. 22.

2. To bestow or confer, with or without compensation, particularly in answer to prayer or request; to give.

Wherefore did God grant me my request. --Milton.

3. To admit as true what is not yet satisfactorily proved; to yield belief to; to allow; to yield; to concede.

Grant that the Fates have firmed by their decree. --Dryden.

Syn: Syn.-- To give; confer; bestow; convey; transfer; admit; allow; concede. See Give.

Grant

Grant\, v. i. To assent; to consent. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Grant

Grant\, n. [OE. grant, graunt, OF. graant, creant, promise, assurance. See Grant, v. t.]

1. The act of granting; a bestowing or conferring; concession; allowance; permission.

2. The yielding or admission of something in dispute.

3. The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon.

4. (Law) A transfer of property by deed or writing; especially, au appropriation or conveyance made by the government; as, a grant of land or of money; also, the deed or writing by which the transfer is made.

Note: Formerly, in English law, the term was specifically applied to transfrrs of incorporeal hereditaments, expectant estates, and letters patent from government and such is its present application in some of the United States. But now, in England the usual mode of transferring realty is by grant; and so, in some of the United States, the term grant is applied to conveyances of every kind of real property. --Bouvier. Burrill.
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Language Translation for : Grant
Spanish: conceder, otorgar,
German: bewilligen,
Japanese: 与える
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grant  (v.)
c.1225, "what is agreed to," from Anglo-Fr. graunter, from O.Fr. granter, variant of creanter "to promise, guarantee, confirm, authorize," from L. credentem (nom. credens), prp. of credere "to believe, to trust." The verb is first attested c.1300. To take (something) for granted (1615) is from the sense of "admitted, acknowledged."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: grant
Function: transitive verb
1 : to permit as a right or privilege <grant a new trial> granted certiorari>
2 : to bestow or transfer formally; specifically : to transfer the possession or title of by a deed : CONVEY

Main Entry: grant
Function: noun
1 : the act of granting
2 : something granted; especially : a gift (as of land or money) for a particular purpose
3 a : a transfer of property by deed or writing b : the instrument by which such a transfer is made; also : the property so transferred
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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