Granolithic
(Gran`o*lith"ic) n. [L. granum a grain (or E. granite) + -lith + -ic.] A kind of hard artificial
stone, used for pavements.
Grant
(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.— To give; confer; bestow; convey; transfer; admit; allow; concede. See Give.
Grant
(Grant), v. i. To assent; to consent. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Grant
(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.
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.
Grantable
(Grant"a*ble) a. Capable of being granted.
Grantee
(Gran*tee") n. (Law) The person to whom a grant or conveyance is made.
His grace will not survive the poor grantee he despises.
Burke. Granter
(Grant"er) n. One who grants.
Grantor
(Grant"or) n. (Law) The person by whom a grant or conveyance is made.
Granular
(Gran"u*lar) a. [Cf. F. granulaire. See Granule.] Consisting of, or resembling, grains; as, a
granular substance.
Granular limestone, crystalline limestone, or marble, having a granular structure.
