\Grant\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Granted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Granting}.] [OE. graunten, granten, OF. graanter, craanter,
creanter, to promise, yield, LL. creantare to promise,
assure, for (assumed LL.) credentare to make believe, fr. L.
credens, p. pr. of credere to believe. See {Creed},
{Credit}.]
1. 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. --1
                                               Chrcn. xxi.
                                               22.
2. To bestow or confer, with or without compensation,
   particularly in answer to prayer or request; to give.
         Wherefore did God grant me my request. --Milton.
3. 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.
                                               --Dryden.
Syn: Syn.-- To give; confer; bestow; convey; transfer; admit;
     allow; concede. See {Give}.

\Grant\, v. i.
To assent; to consent. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

\Grant\, n. [OE. grant, graunt, OF. graant, creant,
promise, assurance. See {Grant}, v. t.]
1. The act of granting; a bestowing or conferring;
   concession; allowance; permission.
2. The yielding or admission of something in dispute.
3. The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon.
4. (Law) 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.
Note: Formerly, in English law, the term was specifically
      applied to transfrrs 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.