grant+or+bestow

  • 1grant pardon — pardon, acquit, grant immunity, bestow amnesty …

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  • 2grant — 1 vt 1: to permit as a right or privilege grant a new trial the Supreme Court grant ed certiorari 2: to bestow or transfer formally; specif: to transfer the possession or title of by a deed: convey …

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  • 3bestow — I verb accord, accredit, address, administer, afford, allot, allow, appoint, apportion, attribuere, authorize, award, be favorable to, be prodigal, bequeath, cater, cede, charter, commission, communicate, conferre, concede, confer, confer a… …

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  • 4Grant — (gr[.a]nt), 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 …

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  • 5Bestow — Be*stow , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bestowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bestowing}.] [OE. bestowen; pref. be + stow a place. See {Stow}.] 1. To lay up in store; to deposit for safe keeping; to stow; to place; to put. He bestowed it in a pouch. Sir W. Scott.… …

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  • 6grant — vb 1 Grant, concede, vouchsafe, accord, award denote to give as a favor or as a right. One grants, usually to a claimant or a petitioner and often a subordinate, as an act of justice or indulgence, something that is requested or demanded and that …

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  • 7bestow voluntarily — index grant (transfer formally) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 8grant a right — bestow a privilege, bestow a benefit or entitlement …

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  • 9grant rights — bestow privileges, bestow benefits or entitlement …

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  • 10bestow — confer, present, donate, *give, afford Analogous words: *distribute, dispense, divide: *grant, award …

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