Verb

(contribut)

To give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole.

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Verb

(en verb)

To give over; to make conveyance of; to give the possession or title of; to convey; -- usually in answer to petition.

To bestow or confer, with or without compensation, particularly in answer to prayer or request; to give.

* 1668 July 3, , “Thomas Rue contra'' Andrew Hou?toun” in ''The Deci?ions of the Lords of Council & Se??ion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 548:

He Su?pends on the?e Rea?ons, that Thomas Rue'' had granted a general Di?charge to ''Adam Mu?het'', who was his Conjunct, and ''correus debendi'', after the alleadged Service, which Di?charged ''Mu?het'', and con?equently ''Houstoun his Partner.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-05-17

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To admit as true what is not yet satisfactorily proved; to yield belief to; to allow; to yield; to concede.

* , Preface ("The Infidel Half Century"), section "In Quest of the First Cause":

The universe exists, said the father: somebody must have made it. If that somebody exists, said I, somebody must have made him. I grant that for the sake of argument, said the Oratorian.

To assent; to consent.