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Entry 8 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Grant

/(grȧnt)/ · IPA /ɡɹænt/
01 v. t. To give over; to make conveyance of; to give the possession or title of; to convey; -- usually in answer to petition.
imp. & p. p. Granted; p. pr. & vb. n. Granting
  1. 1.
    To give over; to make conveyance of; to give the possession or title of; to convey; -- usually in answer to petition.
    “Grant me the place of this threshing floor.” — 1 Chron. xxi. 22.
  2. 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.
  3. 3.
    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.
Syn. To give; confer; bestow; convey; transfer; admit; allow; concede. See Give.
02 v. i. To assent; to consent.
  1. 1.
    To assent; to consent.[Obs.]
03 n. The act of granting; a bestowing or conferring; concession; allowance; permission.
  1. 1.
    The act of granting; a bestowing or conferring; concession; allowance; permission.
  2. 2.
    The yielding or admission of something in dispute.
  3. 3.
    The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon.
  4. 4.
    A transfer of property by deed or writing; especially, an 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.(Law)