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grant
English
Alternative forms
- graunt (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English granten, graunten, grantien, grauntien, from Anglo-Norman granter, graunter, from Old French granter, graunter, graanter, greanter (“to promise, assure, guarantee, confirm, ratify”), from a merger of Old French garantir, guarantir (“to guarantee, assure, vouch for”) (see English guarantee) and earlier cranter, craanter, creanter (“to allow, permit”), from an assumed Medieval Latin *credent?re, from Latin credere (“to believe, trust”). More at guarantee, credit.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /????nt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??ænt/
- (Mid-Atlantic Accent) IPA(key): /???nt/
- Rhymes: -ænt, -??nt
Verb
grant (third-person singular simple present grants, present participle granting, simple past and past participle granted)
- (ditransitive) to give (permission or wish)
- (ditransitive) To bestow or confer, with or without compensation, particularly in answer to prayer or request; to give.(Can we add an example for this sense?)
- 1668 July 3, James Dalrymple, “Thomas Rue contra Andrew Hou?toun” in The Deci?ions of the Lords of Council & Se??ion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 548:
- He Su?pends on the?e Rea?ons, that Thomas Rue had granted a general Di?charge to Adam Mu?het, who was his Conjunct, and correus debendi, after the alleadged Service, which Di?charged Mu?het, and con?equently Houstoun his Partner.
- 1668 July 3, James Dalrymple, “Thomas Rue contra Andrew Hou?toun” in The Deci?ions of the Lords of Council & Se??ion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 548:
- (transitive) To agree with (someone) on (something); to accept (something) for the sake of argument; to admit to (someone) that (something) is true.
- Synonyms: concur, concede, allow
- a. 1921, George Bernard Shaw, Back to Methuselah, Preface ("The Infidel Half Century"), section "In Quest of the First Cause":
- The universe exists, said the father: somebody must have made it. If that somebody exists, said I, somebody must have made him. I grant that for the sake of argument, said the Oratorian.
- (intransitive) To assent; to consent.
Translations
Noun
grant (plural grants)
- The act of granting; a bestowing or conferring; concession; allowance; permission.
- The yielding or admission of something in dispute.
- The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon.
- (law) A transfer of property by deed or writing; especially, an appropriation or conveyance made by the government.
- The deed or writing by which such a transfer is made.
- (informal) An application for a grant (monetary boon to aid research or the like).
Translations
Anagrams
- Trang
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [??rant]
Noun
grant m
- grant (the thing or property granted; a gift; a boon)
Derived terms
- grantový
Related terms
- See krédo
Further reading
- grant in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- grant in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz
Franco-Provençal
Alternative forms
- grand
Etymology
From Latin grandis, grandem.
Adjective
grant m (feminine singular grant or granta, masculine plural grants, feminine plural grants or grantes)
- big, large
Derived terms
Friulian
Alternative forms
- grand (alternative orthography)
Etymology
From Latin grandis, grandem.
Adjective
grant
- big, large
Middle French
Adjective
grant m or f (plural grans)
- (early Middle French) Alternative form of grand
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
grant
- neuter singular of grann
Old French
Etymology
From Latin grandis, grandem.
Adjective
grant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular grant or grande)
- big, large
Declension
Descendants
- Middle French: grand
- French: grand
- Norman: grand
- Picard: grand
- ? English: grand
Old Spanish
Alternative forms
- grand (alternative spelling)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [??ãnt], [??ãn]
Adjective
grant m or f (plural grandes)
- Apocopic form of grande; great; big; large.
- c. 1200: Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 18r.
- Fue el dia ?cero al alba dela man. ¬ vin?er? truenos ¬ rel?pagos ¬ nuf gr?t ?obrel m?t.
- On the morning of the third day there came thunder and flashes of lightning and a great cloud upon the mountain.
- Fue el dia ?cero al alba dela man. ¬ vin?er? truenos ¬ rel?pagos ¬ nuf gr?t ?obrel m?t.
- c. 1200: Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 18r.
Descendants
- Spanish: gran
Swedish
Adjective
grant
- absolute indefinite neuter form of grann.
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empower
English
Alternative forms
- empowre (archaic)
- impower (archaic)
- impowre (obsolete)
Etymology
em- +? power
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -a??(?)
- Rhymes: -a??(?)
Verb
empower (third-person singular simple present empowers, present participle empowering, simple past and past participle empowered)
- (transitive) To give permission, power, or the legal right to do something.
- (transitive) To give someone more confidence and/or strength to do something, often by enabling them to increase their control over their own life or situation.
- John found that starting up his own business empowered him greatly in social situations.
Synonyms
- (give permission to): allow, let, permit
- (give confidence to): inspire
Antonyms
- (give permission to): ban, bar, forbid, prohibit
- (give confidence to): disempower, dishearten, disspirit
Derived terms
- empowerment
Translations
Anagrams
- empowre
empower From the web:
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- what empowered me today
- what empower means
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- what empowers you to be your best self
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- what empowers you as a woman
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