grant (v.) Copy link Outline I. To bestow1. concēdo, ssi, ssum, 3 (as a favour or privilege)2. trĭbuo, i, ūtum, 3 (usu. implying that what is granted is due)3. permitto, mīsi, ssum, 3 (to give a man power over anything)4. indulgeo, si, tum, 2 (indulgently)5. do, 1, irr.; praebeo, praesto, etc.6. when the ref. is to what is g.'d by nature, expr. pass. by suppĕdĭto, suppĕtoII. In argument, to concede1. do, dĕdi, dătum, 12. concēdo, 33. imperat. of sum, făcio = be it so; granted4. in sense like (3), ut with subj., fac, concede, or a similar verb being understood (L. G. § 432) • grant (v.): I. To bestow: 1. concēdo, ssi, ssum, 3 (as a favour or privilege): Caesar g.'d liberty to the Germans, Caesar Germanis libertatem concessit, Caes.: to g. any one life, alicui vitam c., Suet. 2. trĭbuo, i, ūtum, 3 (usu. implying that what is granted is due): v. to bestow. 3. permitto, mīsi, ssum, 3 (to give a man power over anything): v. to entrust (5). 4. indulgeo, si, tum, 2 (indulgently): to g. any one the use of money, ind. alicui usum pecuniae, Suet. Aug. 41: to g. a free choice of (modes of) death to the condemned, damnatis liberum mortis arbitrium ind., Suet. Dom. 11, fin. (N.B.--Not so in Cic.) 5. do, 1, irr.; praebeo, praesto, etc.: v. to give, afford. 6. when the ref. is to what is g.'d by nature, expr. pass. by suppĕdĭto, suppĕto: had a longer life been g.'d to him, cui si vita suppeditasset, Cic. Br. 70, 245: simly, si vita suppetet, Cic. Fin. 1, 4, 11. II. In argument, to concede: 1. do, dĕdi, dătum, 1: in geometry, if you g. the first proposition, the whole must be g.'d, in geometria, prima si dederis, danda sunt omnia, Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 83. 2. concēdo, 3: you have assumed that the gods are blessed; we g. it, beatos esse deos sumpsisti; concedimus, Cic. N. D. 1, 32, init.: also foll. by ut and subj., Cic. Off. 1, 35, 129: Quint.; and less freq. by acc. and inf., Lucr. 3. imperat. of sum, făcio = be it so; granted: g.'d; he himself is nothing, has no power, esto; ipse nihil est, nihil potest, Cic. Div. Verr. 15, init.: also foll. by acc. and inf., esp. poet., Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 81: also foll. by ut and subj.: g.'d that 6000 seeds perish, sit quidem ut sex millia seminum intereant, Col. Fac is foll. by inf.: g. that you could (have slain me), fac potuisse, Cic. Ph. 2, 3, 5. 4. in sense like (3), ut with subj., fac, concede, or a similar verb being understood (L. G. § 432): but g. that it is so, yet, etc., verum ut ita sit, tamen, etc., Cic. Verr. 3, 64, 151: even g.ing that you did not think of it, ut illud non cogitares, Cic.: simly, with a negative: g.ing that it is not so, nē: there never was such a man, you will say: g.'d there was not, nemo is, inquies, unquam fuit; ne fuerit, Cic. Or. 29, init.: g.'d that pain is not the greatest evil, it certainly is an evil, ne sit summum malum dolor, certe malum est, Cic. Tusc. 2, 5, 14: Liv. The subj. alone is often used concessively: g.ing that you cannot ... still, etc., non possis ... tamen, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 28: g.ing that he was (a bad citizen) to others, when did he begin to be so to you, fuerit aliis; tibi quando esse coepit? Cic.
grant (subs.) Copy link • grant (subs.): concessio (the act): a g. of land, c. agrorum, Cic. Agr. 3, 3, 11. (Usu. expr. by verb: as, to make any one a g. of anything, aliquid alicui concedere, tribuere, etc.: v. to grant.)
GRANT Copy link • GRANT 1. s. donatio (donation), or circumlocution with the verbs in To GRANT. Vid. CONCESSION, GIFT. 2. v. Bestow, etc., concedere (in consequence of a request or demand; opposed to refuse, συγχωρῆσαι): permittere (from confidence in a person, and liberality; opposed to forbidding, like ἐφεῖναι; both imply that the person has the full right to bestow the thing in question); indulgere (to grant something, which might PROP. be withheld, from evident forbearance, kindness, etc.; e.g., usum pecuniae gratuitum alicui... indulsit, Suet.; it is post-Augustan, and rare in this sense): largiri (from bountiful kindness, etc.). To grant anybody his life, concedere vitam alicui (Suet.); his request, concedere alicujus petitioni (Cic.); quod petit aliquis, dare; praestare, quod rogatur; alicui petenti satisfacere or non deesse; facere, quae aliquis petiit; also, alicujus precibus iudulgere; aliquem voti compotem facere (of a deity): not to grant it, alicujus preces repudiare; alicui petenti deesse, non satisfacere: to grant permission [Vid: ALLOW or PERMIT]; forgiveness, pardon; [Vid: To FORGIVE]. Admit in argument [Vid: To ADMIT = concede; and for “take for granted,” Vid: ASSUME (fin.)]. This being granted, quo concesso; quibus concessis: but even granting this, sed hoc ipsum concedatur. “Granting that (he, she, it, etc.),” may often be translated by ut (sit); and “granting that... not,” by ne sit (or sit sane); but, even granting (or if I grant) this, you can not, verum, ut ita sit, non potes, etc. (so, ut verum esset; quae ut essent vera, etc.): even granting that pain is not the greatest of evils, yet surely it is an evil, ne sit sane summum malum dolor, malum certe est (Cic.). Granting that you cannot suppose Philip the equal of Hannibal, yet you will surely consider him equal to Pyrrhus, ne aequaveritis Hannibali Philippum, Pyrrho certe sequabitis (Liv., 31, 7). Sometimes the perfect subjunctive is used alone; “granting that he was considered so (a bad citizen) by others, yet when did you begin to look upon him in this light?” fuerit aliis, tibi quando esse coepit? (Cic., Verr., 1, 41: so sometimes the present. Non possis [= “even granting that you can not,” or “you may not indeed be able”] oculis quantum contendere Lynceus, non tamen, etc., Hor., Ep., 1, 1, 28). Sometimes fac (= suppose that; with infinitive). Vid: SUPPOSE.