To transfer the title or possession of in any formal way, specifically for a sufficient or valuable consideration; give or make over; especially, to convey by deed or writing.
To bestow or confer, particularly in answer to prayer or request.
To allow; permit.
To assent to; answer in the affirmative.
To admit to be true; concede, as something obvious or not required to be proved; accept or concede without proof.
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Confer, Bestow, etc. See give.
To consent; assent; give permission or countenance.
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A promise; a thing promised.
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The act of granting; a conferring or conceding.
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A thing granted or conferred; a boon; especially, something conveyed by deed or patent: often used of tracts of land granted to colonists, railroad companies, etc.
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In law: Originally, a creating or transferring by deed: used in reference to mere rights, estates in expectancy, and incorporeal property, which could not be delivered.
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In modern use, a conveyance in writing of such things as cannot pass or be transferred by word only, as land, rents, reversions, tithes, etc.
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An admission of something as true.
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In brewing, a copper or iron vessel into which the wort flows from the clarifying battery, and from which it is lifted into the wort-pan.
A Middle English form of grand.