granted

Grant  (grnt), Cary Originally Archibald Alexander Leach. 1904-1986.

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).

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grant  (grnt)

tr.v. grant·ed, grant·ing, grants

1. To consent to the fulfillment of: grant a request.

2. To accord as a favor, prerogative, or privilege: granted the franchise to all citizens.

3.

a. To bestow; confer: grant aid.

b. To transfer (property) by a deed.

4. To concede; acknowledge: I grant the genius of your plan, but you still will not find backers.

n.

1. The act of granting.

2.

a. Something granted.

b. A giving of funds for a specific purpose: federal grants for medical research.

3. Law

a. A transfer of property by deed.

b. The property so transferred.

c. The deed by which the property is so transferred.

4. One of several tracts of land in New Hampshire, Maine, and Vermont originally granted to an individual or a group.

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[Middle English granten, from Old French granter, variant of creanter, from Vulgar Latin *crdentre, to assure, from Latin crdns, crdent-, present participle of crdere, to believe; see kerd- in Indo-European roots.]

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granta·ble adj.

granter n.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

granted - acknowledged as a supposition; "given the engine's condition, it is a wonder that it started" given acknowledged - recognized or made known or admitted; "the acknowledged leader of the community"; "a woman of acknowledged accomplishments"; "his acknowledged error"