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grant

verb
/ɡɹɑːnt/UK/ɡɹænt/US/ɡɹɒnt/

Etymology

From Middle English granten, graunten, grantien, grauntien, from Anglo-Norman granter, graunter, from Old French granter, graunter, graanter, greanter (“to promise, assure, guarantee, confirm, ratify”), from a merger of Old French garantir, guarantir (“to guarantee, assure, vouch for”) (see English guarantee) and earlier cranter, craanter, creanter (“to allow, permit”), from an assumed Medieval Latin *credentāre, from Latin credere (“to believe, trust”). Alternatively, a regular reflex of Medieval Latin *credentāre with regular voicing of /k/ before a liquid plus low vowel. More at guarantee, credit.

  1. derived from credere — “to believe, trust”
  2. derived from *credentāre✻
  3. derived from granter
  4. derived from granter
  5. inherited from granten

Definitions

  1. To give (permission or wish).

    • He was granted permission to attend the meeting.
    • The genie granted him three wishes

  2. To give (bestow upon or confer, particularly in answer to prayer or request).

    • He Suſpends on theſe Reaſons, that Thomas Rue had granted a general Diſcharge to Adam Muſhet, who was his Conjunct, and correus debendi, after the alleadged Service, which Diſcharged Muſhet, and conſequently Houstoun his Partner.
    • c. 1930, Serenity Prayer God, grant me the serenity[…]
    • In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. The welfare state is dismantled. […]

  3. To agree with (someone) on (something)

    To agree with (someone) on (something); to accept (something) for the sake of argument; to admit to (someone) that (something) is true.

    • The universe exists, said the father: somebody must have made it. If that somebody exists, said I, somebody must have made him. I grant that for the sake of argument, said the Oratorian.
  4. ›+ 11 more definitions

    1. To assent

      To assent; to consent.

      • Before I would have granted to that act. But thou preferr'st thy life before thine honor.

    2. The act of granting or giving

      • the grant of permission for a project

    3. The yielding or admission of something in dispute.

    4. The thing or property granted

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

      • I got a grant from the government to study archeology in Egypt.

    5. A transfer of property by deed or writing

      A transfer of property by deed or writing; especially, an appropriation or conveyance made by the government.

      • a grant of land or of money

    6. The deed or writing by which such a transfer is made.

    7. An application for a grant (monetary boon to aid research or the like).

    8. An English surname transferred from the nickname and a Scottish clan name, from a…

      An English surname transferred from the nickname and a Scottish clan name, from a nickname meaning "large".

    9. A male given name transferred from the surname.

    10. A placename

    11. A United States fifty-dollar bill.

      • He could open that footlocker once in awhile^([sic]) and look at actual cash, loads of bills, tens, twenties, eagles, Grants, Lincolns, Washingtons.
      • How much money would you have if you had […] 7 Grants? […] 20 Jeffersons and 3 Grants?

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at grant. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at grant. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at grant

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA