v. t.
Grant me the place of this threshing floor. 1 Chron. xxi. 22. [ 1913 Webster ]
Wherefore did God grant me my request. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Grant that the Fates have firmed by their decree. Dryden.
v. i. To assent; to consent. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. grant, graunt, OF. graant, creant, promise, assurance. See Grant, v. t. ]
☞ Formerly, in English law, the term was specifically applied to transfers of incorporeal hereditaments, expectant estates, and letters patent from government and such is its present application in some of the United States. But now, in England the usual mode of transferring realty is by grant; and so, in some of the United States, the term grant is applied to conveyances of every kind of real property. Bouvier. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being granted. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj.
n. (Law) The person to whom a grant or conveyance is made. [ 1913 Webster ]
His grace will not survive the poor grantee he despises. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who grants. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Law) The person by whom a grant or conveyance is made. [ 1913 Webster ]