Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Given.
- adjective (Logic, Rhetoric) Acknowledged or assumed as a supposition.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
grant . - verb Given, awarded.
- adverb Used to
concede a point, often before stating some contrasting information. - preposition used to mark the premise of a syllogistic argument
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective acknowledged as a supposition
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Examples
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"Regardfully for six millions of murdered Jews whose you - old-fashioned racialists, and today also advocates of Islamic terrorists - I, a Catholic, return the title granted to me of Honoris Cause and I burn the toga which you gave to me" - declared Cossiga.
Former Italian President Gives Back Honorary Columbia Degree 2007
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"Regardfully for six millions of murdered Jews whose you - old-fashioned racialists, and today also advocates of Islamic terrorists - I, a Catholic, return the title granted to me of Honoris Cause and I burn the toga which you gave to me" - declared Cossiga.
September 2007 2007
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The appellant having done what is required on his part for introducing his appeal, the appellate judge allows him a fixed time for presenting whatever he wishes to allege in his own favour, and at the same time notifies the appellee of the admission of the appeal and of the term granted to the appellant.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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Khedive ---- The title granted in 1867 by the Sultan of Turkey to the ruler of Egypt.
Donovan Pasha, and Some People of Egypt — Complete Gilbert Parker 1897
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Khedive ---- The title granted in 1867 by the Sultan of Turkey to the ruler of Egypt.
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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Khedive ---- The title granted in 1867 by the Sultan of Turkey to the ruler of Egypt.
Donovan Pasha, and Some People of Egypt — Volume 2 Gilbert Parker 1897
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Khedive ---- The title granted in 1867 by the Sultan of Turkey to the ruler of Egypt.
Donovan Pasha, and Some People of Egypt — Volume 3 Gilbert Parker 1897
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Khedive ---- The title granted in 1867 by the Sultan of Turkey to the ruler of Egypt.
Donovan Pasha, and Some People of Egypt — Volume 1 Gilbert Parker 1897
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Khedive ---- The title granted in 1867 by the Sultan of Turkey to the ruler of Egypt.
Donovan Pasha, and Some People of Egypt — Volume 4 Gilbert Parker 1897
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¡Y breves las horas son Ah! The hours slip away del plazo que nos augura! of the term granted to us.
Don Juan Tenorio Jos�� Zorrilla 1855
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