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grant

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verb/ɡɹɑːnt//ɡɹɐːnt//ɡɹænt/
  1. 1

    To give (permission or wish).ditransitive

    • He was granted permission to attend the meeting.
    • The genie granted him three wishes
  2. 2

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

    • 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.
  3. 3

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

    • 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. 4

    To assent; to consent.intransitive

    • Before I would have granted to that act. But thou preferr'st thy life before thine honor.
noun/ɡɹɑːnt//ɡɹɐːnt//ɡɹænt/
  1. 1

    The act of granting or giving

    • the grant of permission for a project
  2. 2

    The yielding or admission of something in dispute.

  3. 3

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

    • I got a grant from the government to study archeology in Egypt.
  4. 4

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

    • a grant of land or of money
  5. 5

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

  6. 6

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

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