Definitions for the word "grant" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. v. t.
To give over; to make conveyance of; to give the possession or title of; to convey; -- usually in answer to petition.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. t.
To bestow or confer, with or without compensation, particularly in answer to prayer or request; to give.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. t.
To admit as true what is not yet satisfactorily proved; to yield belief to; to allow; to yield; to concede.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. i.
To assent; to consent.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v. t.
The act of granting; a bestowing or conferring; concession; allowance; permission.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. t.
The yielding or admission of something in dispute.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. v. t.
The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. v. t.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. v.
1 a consent to fulfil (a request etc.). B allow (a person) to have (a thing). 2 give formally; transfer legally. 3 (often foll. By that) admit as true; concede. n. 1 process of granting. 2 sum of money given by the state. 3 legal conveyance by written instrument. take for granted 1 assume something to be true or valid. 2 cease to appreciate through familiarity. grantor n. (esp. In sense 2 of v.). [french gr(e)anter var. Of creanter from latin credo entrust]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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