grant

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   be willing to concede

   I grant you this much

2. 2
   verb

   allow to have

   grant a privilege

3. 3
   verb

   let have

   grant permission

4. 4
   verb

   transfer by deed

   grant land

5. 5
   verb

   bestow, especially officially

   grant a degree

6. 6
   verb

   To give (permission or wish).

   He was granted permission to attend the meeting.

7. 7
   verb

   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.

8. 8
   verb

   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.

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,…