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Grant

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

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Verb group 8

Allow 84% connected

To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.

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Allow 84% connected

To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.

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Countenance 84% connected

To encourage; to favor; to approve; to aid; to abet.

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Countenance 84% connected

To encourage; to favor; to approve; to aid; to abet.

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Let 84% connected

To retard; to hinder; to impede; to oppose.

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Let 84% connected

To retard; to hinder; to impede; to oppose.

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Permit 84% connected

To consent to; to allow or suffer to be done; to tolerate; to put up with.

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Permit 84% connected

To consent to; to allow or suffer to be done; to tolerate; to put up with.

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Broader term 18

Agree 76% connected

In good part; kindly.

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Aid 76% connected

To support, either by furnishing strength or means in cooperation to effect a purpose, or to prevent or to remove evil; to help; to assist.

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Allocation 76% connected

The act of putting one thing to another; a placing; disposition; arrangement.

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Allotment 76% connected

The act of allotting; assignment.

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Apportioning 76% connected

of Apportion

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Apportionment 76% connected

The act of apportioning; a dividing into just proportions or shares; a division or shares; a division and assignment, to each proprietor, of his just…

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Assignation 76% connected

The act of assigning or allotting; apportionment.

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Assistance 76% connected

The act of assisting; help; aid; furtherance; succor; support.

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Concord 76% connected

A state of agreement; harmony; union.

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Concur 76% connected

To run together; to meet.

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Contract 76% connected

To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass; to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's sphere of action.

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Gift 76% connected

Anything given; anything voluntarily transferred by one person to another without compensation; a present; an offering.

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Give 76% connected

To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…

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Hold 76% connected

The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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Parceling 76% connected

of Parcel

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Parcelling 76% connected

of Parcel

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Present 76% connected

Being at hand, within reach or call, within certain contemplated limits; -- opposed to absent.

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Right 76% connected

Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line.

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Manner of action 6

Allowance 76% connected

Approval; approbation.

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Enfranchise 76% connected

To set free; to liberate from slavery, prison, or any binding power.

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Forgive 76% connected

To give wholly; to make over without reservation; to resign.

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Give 76% connected

To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…

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Pension 76% connected

A payment; a tribute; something paid or given.

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Vouchsafe 76% connected

To condescend to grant; to concede; to bestow.

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Narrower term 6

Apanage 76% connected

Same as Appanage.

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Appanage 76% connected

The portion of land assigned by a sovereign prince for the subsistence of his younger sons.

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Award 76% connected

To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case; to adjudge; as, the arbitrator…

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Awarding 76% connected

of Award

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Franchise 76% connected

Exemption from constraint or oppression; freedom; liberty.

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Subsidy 76% connected

Support; aid; cooperation; esp., extraordinary aid in money rendered to the sovereign or to a friendly power.

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Derivationally related 8

Assign 74% connected

To appoint; to allot; to apportion; to make over.

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Assign 74% connected

To appoint; to allot; to apportion; to make over.

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Grantee 74% connected

The person to whom a grant or conveyance is made.

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Grantee 74% connected

The person to whom a grant or conveyance is made.

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Granter 74% connected

One who grants.

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Granter 74% connected

One who grants.

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Synonym 10

Accord 92% connected

Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action; harmony of mind; consent; assent.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Allot 92% connected

To distribute by lot.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Allow 92% connected

To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Assignment 92% connected

An allotting or an appointment to a particular person or use; or for a particular time, as of a cause or causes in court.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Award 92% connected

To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case; to adjudge; as, the arbitrator…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Cede 92% connected

To yield or surrender; to give up; to resign; as, to cede a fortress, a province, or country, to another nation, by treaty.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Concede 92% connected

To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant; as, to concede the point in question.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Concession 92% connected

The act of conceding or yielding; usually implying a demand, claim, or request, and thus distinguished from giving, which is voluntary or spontaneous.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Give 92% connected

To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Yield 92% connected

To give in return for labor expended; to produce, as payment or interest on what is expended or invested; to pay; as, money at interest yields six or…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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