granted

see definition of granted

advallowed, accepted

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adv allowed, accepted

Antonyms for granted

unaccepted

acquired

adjective. gained without special exertion

Word Origin & History

c.1200, "allowance, consent, permission," from Anglo-French graunter, from Old French granter, collateral variant of creanter "to promise, guarantee, confirm, authorize," from Latin credentem (nominative credens), present participle of credere "to believe, to trust" (see credo).

Example Sentences forgranted

Our Government has no power except that granted it by the people.

I know not, Bella, that I ever asked any thing unfit to be granted.

In general we take our good things for granted, complaining that they are not better.

Such a student cannot assume that Paul ever took anything for granted.

The boys, like Dunk, had simply made the mistake of taking too much for granted.

Why had he been taking it so for granted that this was out of the question?

It should have come when the right to vote was granted to women in the Church.

But I was not trying to do him harm, and so he granted me the same tolerance.

It seemed to me as if I had been heard, and that my impious prayers were about to be granted.

But why should you take it for granted that she cannot be happy with you?

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