grant
grant is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 7 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.2. To bestow or confer, with or without compensation, particularly in answer to prayer or request; to give. Wherefore did God grant me my request. Milton.
- 2.To admit as true what is not yet satisfactorily proved; to yield belief to; to allow; to yield; to concede. Grant that the Fates have firmed by their decree. Dryden. See Give.
- 3.To assent; to consent. [Obs.] Chaucer.
- 4.The act of granting; a bestowing or conferring; concession; allowance; permission.
- 5.The yielding or admission of something in dispute.
- 6.The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon.
- 7.(Law) A transfer of property by deed or writing; especially, au appropriation or conveyance made by the government; as, a grant of land or of money; also, the deed or writing by which the transfer is made. Note: Formerly, in English law, the term was specifically applied to transfrrs of incorporeal hereditaments, expectant estates, and letters patent from government and such is its present application in some of the United States. But now, in England the usual mode of transferring realty is by grant; and so, in some of the United States, the term grant is applied to conveyances of every kind of real property. Bouvier. Burrill.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abalienate
- abalienation
- accede
- accept
- acceptance
- accession
- acknowledge
- acknowledgment
- acquiesce
- acquiescence
- acquire
- adjustment
- admit
- agnition
- agnize
- agree
- agreement
- alien
- alienable
- alienate
- alienation
- all
- allow
- and
- another
- approval
- assent
- assign
- assignment
- bargain
- barter
- change
- close
- come
- coming
- compliance
- comply
- concede
- concession
- confer
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is grant.
- What is 2. To bestow or confer, with or without compensation, particularly in answer to prayer or request; to give. Wherefore did God grant me my request. Milton called?
- What is to admit as true what is not yet satisfactorily proved; to yield belief to; to allow; to yield; to concede. Grant that the Fates have firmed by their decree. Dryden. See Give called?
- What is the act of granting; a bestowing or conferring; concession; allowance; permission called?
- What is the yielding or admission of something in dispute called?
- What is the thing or property granted; a gift; a boon called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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