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verb (used with object)
1.
to bestow or confer, especially 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, especially by deed or writing: to grant property.
noun
Idiom6.
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.
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; Middle English gra(u)nten < Old French graunter, variant of crëanter < Vulgar Latin *credentāre, verbal derivative of Latin crēdent-, stem of crēdēns, present participle of crēdere to believe
1175–1225; Middle English gra(u)nten < Old French graunter, variant of crëanter < Vulgar Latin *credentāre, verbal derivative of Latin crēdent-, stem of crēdēns, present participle of crēdere to believe
Related forms
grant·a·ble, adjective
grant·ed·ly, adverb
grant·er, noun
re·grant, verb (used with object), noun
su·per·grant, noun
EXPANDun·grant·a·ble, adjective
COLLAPSEAntonyms
1, 2. receive.
1, 2. receive.
noun
1.
Cary (Archibald Leach), 1904–86, U.S. actor, born in England.
2.
3.
Ulysses S(impson) 1822–85, 18th president of the U.S. 1869–77: Union general in the Civil War.
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grant
early 13c., "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 (1610s) is from the
EXPANDsense of "admitted, acknowledged."
COLLAPSE
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