grant English · revision 4039

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1200|origins=la crēdere}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ɡrɑːnt/, US /ɡrænt/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|graunten]], granten,^(MWU 2024) [[bor|xno|graunter]], Old French graanter, a variant of [[m|fro|creanter|t=to assure, promise, guarantee; to confirm, authorize]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) from [[la-vul|*crēdentāre]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) from [[la|crēdēns]] (accusative crēdentem), the present participle of [[m|la|crēdere|t=to believe, trust]].^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) The irregular change of c to g in Old French is perhaps due to the influence of garantir “to guarantee”.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) The noun is from Anglo-French graunt, Old French graant, a variant of creant “promise, assurance”.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) It is related to [[creed]], [[credit]] and [[credo]].^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The noun, “allowance, permission”, a sense now obsolete, is from about 1200,^(Etymonline) before 1200 in the Ancrene Riwle according to Barnhart.^(Barnhart 1988) The verb, “to allow; to consent to a request or prayer”, is from the early 13th century,^(Etymonline) about 1225 in King Horn.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ From about 1300 the verb meant “to transfer possession formally”^(Etymonline) and “to admit to be true, acknowledge”,^(Etymonline) whence ''to take for granted'', “to regard as not needing proof” (1610s).^(Etymonline) The noun, an authoritative bestowal of a privilege, is from the late 14th century.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) In American English a grant was especially of land, from about 1700,^(Etymonline) and in New England some tracts of land are still called grants.^(AHD) Money formally granted by an authority is from about 1800.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) In Suffolk dialect magistrates ''granted'' a penalty.^(Wright 1898)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1200 – noun, permission.^(Etymonline)

+ * early 13th century – verb, to consent to.^(Etymonline)

+ * c. 1300 – to transfer formally; to acknowledge.^(Etymonline)

+ * late 14th century – a bestowal of privilege.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1610s – ''to take for granted''.^(Etymonline)

+ * c. 1700 – a grant of land.^(Etymonline)

+ * c. 1800 – a grant of money.^(Etymonline)

+

+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To consent to fulfil: ''grant a request''.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # To give as a favour or privilege.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # To bestow; to [[confer]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # To transfer property by a [[deed]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # To admit as true; to [[concede]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+

+ ===Noun===

+ # The act of granting.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # Something granted, especially money given for a particular purpose.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # A transfer of property by deed, or the property or deed itself.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+

+ ==Word family==

+ * [[grantable]]

+ * [[granter]]

+ * [[grantor]]

+ * [[grantedly]]

+ * [[grantee]]

+ * [[regrant]]

+ * [[grant-in-aid]]

+ * [[grantsman]]

+

+ ==Related words==

+ * [[creed]]

+ * [[credit]]

+ * [[credo]]

+ * [[credible]]

+ * [[guarantee]]

+ * [[warrant]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Grant usually implies that the giver is in a position of authority over the receiver; the American Heritage contrasts it with vouchsafe, concede, accord and award.^(AHD)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}