See Also: Grant(money)
grant(2)(dictionary)
GRANT(finance)
grant(1)(dictionary)
Rasmussen, Grant(medicine)
Grant (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Still, William Grant(encyclopedia)
Wood, Grant(encyclopedia)
Grant, Cary(dictionary)
Grant, Ulysses S.(dictionary)

grant(2) (iou)



grant verb. [gr¨»:nt] ME.
[Old French gra(a)nter, greanter alt. of creanter guarantee, assure from Proto-Romance, from Latin credent- pres. ppl stem of credere believe, trust.]
verb intrans. Consent to a request; agree to (do). ME-E18.
Shakespeare 3 Henry VI The soldiers should have toss'd me..Before I would have granted to that act.
verb trans. Agree to, promise, undertake; consent to do, that. obsolete exc. Law. ME.
W. Cruise A. covenanted, granted, and agreed that B. should have the land.
verb trans. Accede to, consent to fulfil (a request etc.). ME.
T. Hardy This entreaty he granted; but on her asking for yet another, he was inexorable.
verb trans. Concede as an indulgence, bestow as a favour; allow (a person) to have. ME.
take for granted regard as necessarily true or certain to happen; cease to appreciate through familiarity.
N. Ezekiel God grant me privacy. P. Roth He..granted no public interviews.
b. In pa. pple granted, as a polite rejoinder to an apology. E20.
H. Calvin She yawned a great yawn and said, 'Sorry.' 'Granted,' I said.
verb trans. Give or confer (a possession, a right, etc.) formally; transfer (property) legally. ME.
L. Steffens The charters were granted on June 5. Soldier He was granted the BEM for his services.
verb trans. Yield, give up. ME-E17.
verb trans. Admit, acknowledge. Now usu., concede (a proposition) as a basis for argument. Freq. as granted pa. pple. ME.
A. White And, granted the initial assumptions..I think it stands the test. E. Bowen I do grant..it's a good deal to ask.
b. With compl.: admit (a person) to be. rare. LME.
Sir W. Scott I grant him brave, But wild.
grantable adjective possible to grant M16.
gran'tee noun the person to whom a grant or conveyance is made LME.
granter noun a person who grants LME.
grantor noun (Law) a person who makes a grant or conveyance E17.