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To invest with a fee or feud; to give or grant a corporeal hereditament to; to enfeoff.

The grant of a feud or fee.

One who enfeoffs or grants a fee.

his lands of a superior on condition of feudal service; the tenant of a feud or fief. The grantee . . . was styled the feudatory or vassal. Blackstone. [He] had for feudatories great princes. J. H. Newman.

e other Oriental countries, a decree or mandate issued by the sovereign; a royal order or grant; -- generally given for special objects, as to a traveler to insure him protection and assistance. [Written also firmaun.]

The condition or quality of being flagrant; atrocity; heiniousness; enormity; excess. Steele.

Foolish; silly; simple; weak. [Archaic] Grant I may never prove so fond To trust man on his oath or bond. Shak.

prayer is, that God, for the worthiness of his Son, would, notwithstanding, vouchsafe to grant. Hooker.

The quality of being fragrant; sweetness of smell; a sweet smell; a pleasing odor; perfume. Eve separate he spies, Veiled in a cloud of fragrance. Milton. The goblet crowned, Breathed aromatic fragrancies around. Pope.

A particular privilege conferred by grant from a sovereign or a government, and vested in individuals; an imunity or exemption from ordinary jurisdiction; a constitutional or statutory right or privilege, esp. the right to vote. Election by universal suffrage, as modified by the Constitution, is the one crowning franch…

A fragrant, aromatic resin, or gum resin, burned as an incense in religious rites or for medicinal fumigation. The best kinds now come from East Indian trees, of the genus Boswellia; a commoner sort, from the Norway spruce (Abies excelsa) and other coniferous trees. The frankincense of the ancient Jews is still unident…

A code; a charter; a grant of privileges.

s Like a full soldier. Shak. I can not Request a fuller satisfaction Than you have freely granted. Ford.

to an offcer or soldier to be absent from service for a certain time; also, the document granting leave of absence.

Wandering; vagrant. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

A genus of plants, some species of which produce beautiful and fragrant flowers; Cape jasmine; -- so called in honor of Dr. Alexander Garden.

sempervirens) is a native of the Southern United States. It has showy and deliciously fragrant flowers.

Trubute, tax. [Obs.] All these the king granted unto them . . . free from all gelts and payments, in a most full and ample manner. Fuller.

us) but now to the common stock (Matthiola incana), a cruciferous plant with showy and fragrant blossoms, usually purplish, but often pink or white.

ithout receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up or allow. For generous lords had rather give than pay. Young.