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- verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
grant .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Whither away from the Trojan ranks, with sorrow gnawing at your hearts, because fortune granteth not you twain to slay Hector or
Rhesus 2008
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Then said she to them, “Ho folk, ye shall not be relieved of what is with you till ye confess your sins; for, when the creature confesseth his sins the Creator relenteth towards him and granteth him that wherefore he resorteth to him.”
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O King, verily Allah Almighty granteth thee thy wish and cooleth thine eyes; for the matter of this dream presageth all good, to wit, that the Lord will bless thee with a son, who shall inherit the Kingdom from thee, after thy long life.
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Whither away from the Trojan ranks, with sorrow gnawing at your hearts, because fortune granteth not you twain to slay Hector or
Rhesus 2008
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Where bards for sumptuous fare resort; There dwells the lord of Powis land, Who granteth every just demand.
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His ear her prayers admits, but his heart granteth
The Rape of Lucrece 2004
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The voiages that the king of Portugall granteth to his nobles are these, of China and Iapan, from China to Iapan, and from Iapan to
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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But if either of them be of any good calling, and degree, and doe challenge one another to fight, the Iudge granteth it: in which case they may not vse publike Champions.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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In the motions of it, it either moveth to the right hand or to the left; either to blind devotion or to profane and libertine transgression; either in imposing restraint where God granteth liberty, or in taking liberty where God imposeth restraint.
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If his matter be liked of, the king accepteth of his present, and granteth his request: if his sute he not liked of, he returneth with his present; for the king will not take it.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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