- OE. grauntengranten, OF. graantercraantercreanter, to promise, yield, LL. creantare to promise, assure, for (assumed LLcredentare to make believe, fr. L. credens, p. pr. of credere to believe. See CreedCredit
- 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.
- To bestow or confer, with or without compensation, particularly in answer to prayer or request; to give.Wherefore did God grant me my request.
- 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.To give; confer; bestow; convey; transfer; admit; allow; concede. See Give.
