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<hw>Grant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Granted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Granting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>graunten</ets>, <ets>granten</ets>, OF. <ets>graanter</ets>, <ets>craanter</ets>, <ets>creanter</ets>, to promise, yield, LL. <ets>creantare</ets> to promise, assure, for (assumed LL.) credentare to make believe, fr. L. <ets>credens</ets>, <ets>p. pr.</ets> of credere to believe. See <er>Creed</er>, <er>Credit</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To give over; to make conveyance of; to give the possession or title of; to convey; -- usually in answer to petition.</def>

<blockquote><b>Grant</b> me the place of this threshing floor. <i>1 Chrcn. xxi. 22.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To bestow or confer, with or without compensation, particularly in answer to prayer or request; to give.</def>

<blockquote>Wherefore did God <b>grant</b> me my request. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To admit as true what is not yet satisfactorily proved; to yield belief to; to allow; to yield; to concede.</def>

<blockquote><b>Grant</b> that the Fates have firmed by their decree. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn.-- To give; confer; bestow; convey; transfer; admit; allow; concede. See <er>Give</er>.</def><syn>

<h1>Grant</h1> <Xpage=645>

<hw>Grant</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To assent; to consent.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Grant</h1> <Xpage=645>

<hw>Grant</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>grant</ets>, <ets>graunt</ets>, OF. <ets>graant</ets>, <ets>creant</ets>, promise, assurance. See <er>Grant</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of granting; a bestowing or conferring; concession; allowance; permission.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The yielding or admission of something in dispute.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A transfer of property by deed or writing; especially, au appropriation or conveyance made by the government; <as>as, a <ex>grant</ex> of land or of money</as>; also, the deed or writing by which the transfer is made.</def>

<note>&hand; 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 <i>grant</i>; and so, in some of the United States, the term <i>grant</i> is applied to conveyances of every kind of real property.</note>

<i>Bouvier. Burrill.</i>

<h1>Grantable</h1> <Xpage=645>

<hw>Grant"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being granted.</def>

<h1>Grantee</h1> <Xpage=645>

<hw>Gran*tee"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>The person to whom a grant or conveyance is made.</def>

<blockquote>His grace will not survive the poor <b>grantee</b> he despises. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Granter</h1> <Xpage=645>

<hw>Grant"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who grants.</def>

<h1>Grantor</h1> <Xpage=645>

<hw>Grant"or</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>The person by whom a grant or conveyance is made.</def>

<h1>Granular</h1> <Xpage=645>

<hw>Gran"u*lar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>granulaire</ets>. See <er>Granule</er>.]</ety> <def>Consisting of, or resembling, grains; <as>as, a granular substance</as>.</def>