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grant (grant, gränt)

transitive verb

  1. to give (what is requested, as permission, etc.); assent to; agree to fulfill
    1. to give or confer formally or according to legal procedure
    2. to transfer (property) by a deed
  2. to acknowledge for the sake of argument; admit as true without proof; concede

Etymology: ME granten < OFr graanter, craanter, to promise, assure < VL *credentare, to promise, yield < L credens, prp. of credere, to believe: see creed

noun

  1. the act of granting
  2. something granted, as property, a tract of land, an exclusive right or power, money from a fund, etc.
  3. ☆ a territorial subdivision in Maine, New Hampshire, or Vermont

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grant Idioms

take for granted

to consider as true, already settled, requiring no special attention, etc.; accept as a matter of course
Grant1 definition

Grant (grant)

noun

a masculine name
Grant2 definition

Grant (grant)

  1. Grant, Cary (born Archibald Leach) 1904-86; U.S. film actor, born in England
  2. (grant)
    Grant, Ulysses Simpson (simpsən) (born Hiram Ulysses Grant) 1822-85; 18th president of the U.S. (1869-77): commander in chief of Union forces in the Civil War

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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