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Grant is defined as to give something that has been requested to someone.

(verb)

An example of grant is for a genie to give a person three wishes.
An example of grant is for a parent to give her child permission to stay out later than usual.

The definition of a grant is something given for a particular purpose.

(noun)

An example of grant is a type of funding a student receives from the government to attend college.

See grant in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

to give (what is requested, as permission, etc.); assent to; agree to fulfill
1. to give or confer formally or according to legal procedure
2. to transfer (property) by a deed
to acknowledge for the sake of argument; admit as true without proof; concede

Origin: ME granten < OFr graanter, craanter, to promise, assure < VL *credentare, to promise, yield < L credens, prp. of credere, to believe: see creed

noun

the act of granting
something granted, as property, a tract of land, an exclusive right or power, money from a fund, etc.
☆ a territorial subdivision in Maine, New Hampshire, or Vermont

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grantable adjective
granter noun

noun

a masculine name

Grant, Cary (born Archibald Leach) 1904-86; U.S. film actor, born in England
Grant, Ulysses Simpson (born Hiram Ulysses Grant) 1822-85; 18th president of the U.S. (1869-77): commander in chief of Union forces in the Civil War

See grant in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb grant·ed, grant·ing, grants

To consent to the fulfillment of: grant a request.
To accord as a favor, prerogative, or privilege: granted the franchise to all citizens.
a. To bestow; confer: grant aid.
b. To transfer (property) by a deed.
To concede; acknowledge: I grant the genius of your plan, but you still will not find backers.

noun

The act of granting.
a. Something granted.
b. A giving of funds for a specific purpose: federal grants for medical research.
Law
a. A transfer of property by deed.
b. The property so transferred.
c. The deed by which the property is so transferred.
One of several tracts of land in New Hampshire, Maine, and Vermont originally granted to an individual or a group.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English granten

Origin: , from Old French granter

Origin: , variant of creanter

Origin: , from Vulgar Latin *crēdentāre, to assure

Origin: , from Latin crēdēns, crēdent-

Origin: , present participle of crēdere, to believe; see kerd- in Indo-European roots

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grantˈa·ble adjective

grantˈer noun

British-born American actor who was the epitome of the elegant leading man in films such as The Philadelphia Story (1940) and North by Northwest (1959).

, Ulysses Simpson Originally Hiram Ulysses Grant. 1822-1885.

The 18th President of the United States (1869-1877) and a Civil War general. After his victorious Vicksburg campaign (1862-1863), he was made commander in chief of the Union Army (1864) and accepted the surrender of Gen. Robert E. Lee at Appomattox (1865). Grant's two-term presidency was marred by widespread graft and corruption.

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