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[ME., grant1 (grånt), n . [ grant , graunt , grant , graant , graunt, greant, creant, crant, m. (also graante , creante , crante , f.) (ML.grantum), a promise, a urance, engagement; from the verb.] 1. A promise; a thing promised. I sholde han also blame of every wyght, My fadres graunte if that I so withstode, Syn she is chaunged for the tounes goode. IMG:content-2583.png:[blocks in formation] 3. A thing granted or conferred; a boon; especially, something conveyed by deed or patent: often used of tracts of land granted to colonists, railroad companies, etc. Queen Elizabeth, at the request of William Harbourn, an English-man, procur'd a Grant from the Turkish Emperor for the English Merchants to exercise free Traffick in all places of his Dominions. Baker , Chronicles, p. 355. I humbly ki your ladyship's fair learned hands, and wish you good wishes and speedy grants. Donne, Letters, v.