grant
verb (used with object)
to bestow or confer, especially by a formal act.
granter
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a word derived from
grant.
Example Sentences
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The biggest break from formula arrives through Long, the wish granter.
From New York Times ● Jun. 11, 2021
Of course, that’s exactly the role that “natural law” played for America’s founding fathers, who invoked nature rather than God as the granter of rights and the arbiter of right and wrong.
From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2015
"Nay, child, it had been as impolitic as unworthy to do so," said the old man; "he who stoops to receive a favor should detract nothing from the generous sentiment of the granter."
From Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) by Lever, Charles James
The granter retains an interest in the land similar to that of the donor of an estate for life, to whom the land reverts after the life estate is ended.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various
This example was followed by the Laird of Abercairny, who held a tack of the lands of Tullichettle, which Sir William Stirling of Keir, the granter, was called on to warrant.
From Chronicles of Strathearn by Macdougall, W. B.
