grant

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To officially give or allow something, such as permission or a request.

   He was granted permission to attend the meeting.

2. 2
   verb

   To admit that something is true, often while still disagreeing.

   I grant that the plan has some risks, but it is still worth trying.

Common collocations

• grant a wish Verb + noun
• grant a favor Verb + noun
• grant leave Verb + noun

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,…

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