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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.

Entitled to earnest consideration; weighty; important; as, a great argument, truth, or principle.

One who has, or is entitled to, the custody of the person or property of an infant, a minor without living parents, or a person incapable of managing his own affairs. Of the several species of guardians, the first are guardians by nature. -- viz., the father and (in some cases) the mother of the child. Blockstone. Gua…

[Mahratta gaekwar, prop., a cowherd.] The title of the sovereign of Guzerat, in Western India; -- generally called the Guicowar of Baroda, which is the capital of the country.

Qualified or entitled. [Obs.] Bacon.

A Mohammedan pilgrim to Mecca; -- used among Orientals as a respectful salutation or a title of honor. G. W. Curtis.

The state or title of a hag. Middleton.

A Mohammedan title for a ruler; a judge. [India]

That which stands at the head; title; as, the heading of a paper.

One who inherits, or is entitled to succeed to the possession of, any property after the death of its owner; one on whom the law bestows the title or property of another at the death of the latter. I am my father's heir and only son. Shak.

ir; right of inheriting. Heirship movables, certain kinds of movables which the heir is entitled to take, besides the heritable estate. [Scot.]

A title of respect given to gentlemen in Germany, equivalent to the English Mister.

A Cossack headman or general. The title of chief hetman is now held by the heir to the throne of Russia.

A title, denoting a Spanish nobleman of the lower class.

Pompous; noisy; ostentatious; as, high-sounding words or titles.

A title of honor given to kings, princes, or other persons of rank; as, His Royal Highness. Shak.

pay all the installments of rent as they become due the contract shall determine and the title vest absolutely in him, and that if he chooses he may at any time during the term surrender the goods and be quit of any liability for future installments upon the contract. In the United States such a contract is generally…

a writer of history; especially, one appointed or designated to write a history; also, a title bestowed by some governments upon historians of distinction.

To have; to possess; to be in possession of; to occupy; to derive title to; as, to hold office. This noble merchant held a noble house. Chaucer. Of him to hold his seigniory for a yearly tribute. Knolles. And now the strand, and now the plain, they held. Dryden.

to his worship; sacredness. Israel was holiness unto the Lord. Jer.ii.3. His holiness, a title of the pope; -- formerly given also to Greek bishops and Greek emperors.