What is the Latin word for grant?

The usual Latin words for “grant” are dōnātiō, concēdō, permittō; also indulgeō, largior, praestō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“grant” in Latin

dōnātiōA donation, gift; An instance of giving, presenting concēdōto depart, retire or withdraw, come away, come, go away; to disappear or vanish; to relinquish, concede, relent, subside permittōto let go, let loose; to cast, hurl, throw; send away, export; to give leave, give up, allow, suffer, grant, permit, sur indulgeōto be kind or courteous (to); to be inclined (to); give free rein (to); to give oneself up (to); to be addicted (to), in largiorto grant, bestow, dispense, distribute, impart; to lavish or bestow; to give bribes praestōto be preferable, better, coupled with quam; to be outstanding, be exceeding in something, to excel, stand out, be super

The English word grant itself goes back to Latin crēdō, through *credentāre.

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

grant s.

donatio (donation), or circumlocution with the verbs in To GRANT. Vid. CONCESSION, GIFT.

grant 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.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for grant?: The usual Latin words for “grant” are dōnātiō, concēdō, permittō; also indulgeō, largior, praestō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.