GRANT

v. n.

8 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

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.
v.

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.
v.

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.

4.
v.

To assent; to consent. [Obs.] Chaucer.

5.
n.

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

6.
n.

The yielding or admission of something in dispute.

7.
n.

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

8.
n.

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.


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