v.
- agree to give or allow (something requested) to.
▸give (a right, property, etc.) formally or legally to.
- agree or admit to (someone) that (something) is true.
n.
- a sum of money given by a government or public body for a particular purpose.
- formal the action of granting something.
- Law a legal conveyance or formal conferment.
Phrase
- take for granted
- fail to appreciate through overfamiliarity.
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(take something for granted)
assume that something is true.
Derivative
- grantable adj.
- grantee n. (chiefly Law ).
- granter n.
- grantor n. (chiefly Law ).
Etymology
ME: from OFr. granter ‘consent to support’, var. of creanter ‘to guarantee’, based on L. credere ‘entrust’.