grantableadj.
/ˈɡrɑːntəb(ə)l/, /ˈɡrantəb(ə)l/, U.S. /ˈɡræn(t)əbəl/ Capable of being granted.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [adjective] > that can be permitted
sufferablea1395
admittable?1406
allowable1445
permissiblea1475
congeable1528
tolerable1531
lowable1538
grantable1548
permittable?1575
venial1597
lawful1600
admissible1611
1548 E. Gest Treat. againste Masse sig. Bivv Thee sayd bread and wine reteygne styl theyr own natures, whyche is grantable.
1565 Act 8 Eliz. c. 4 §3 The former Offence wherein Clergy is not Grantable being not then known.
1648 D. Jenkins Wks. 15 No priviledge of Parliament is grantable for treason.
1690 W. Leybourn Cursus mathematicus 225 The Principles of Geometry, consisting of Definitions, Postulates, (or grantable Truths) [etc.].
1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 258 These letters are grantable by the law of nations.
1803 T. R. Malthus Ess. Princ. Population (new ed.) ii. xi. 338 Lands, which were not cultivated by the proprietor within a limited time, were declared grantable to any other person.
1869 Act 32 & 33 Victoria c. 115 §11 Any Licence grantable by a Secretary of State..may..be granted by the Commissioner.
1879 Edinb. Rev. 150 551 In America new trials became grantable, but in England not.
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