Antonyms for grant


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : grant, grahnt
Phonetic Transcription : grænt, grɑnt


Definition of grant

Origin :
  • c.1200, "allowance, consent, permission," from Anglo-French graunter, from Old French granter, collateral variant of creanter "to promise, guarantee, confirm, authorize," from Latin credentem (nominative credens), present participle of credere "to believe, to trust" (see credo).
  • noun allowance, gift
  • verb authorize, allow
Example sentences :
  • But if we grant all this licence, what can it effect after all?
  • Extract from : « A Theological-Political Treatise [Part II] » by Benedict of Spinoza
  • Yet she would not take back the words either, nor would she grant the veil.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • We had many generals who were greater than Grant, but they were troubled with imaginations.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • Heaven rest his soul, and grant that he may not have completed The Excursion!
  • Extract from : « P.'s Correspondence (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Do they think I will grant them liberties that would make me a slave?
  • Extract from : « Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II » by Charlotte Mary Yonge
  • My health is perfect, and my daily prayer is that Heaven may grant you the same.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Life of Napoleon » by Eugenie Foa
  • The satisfaction you have in doing so, I grant it, repays you.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • A little, sir, but I think General Grant will pull us through.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • "I take it that Grant means to scoop in the Johnnies in detail," said Warner.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • It behooved him now to reach Grant as soon as he could with his news.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler

Synonyms for grant

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