单词 | granted |
释义 | grantedadj. In senses of the verb. 1. Bestowed, allotted. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > [adjective] > given givena1382 accorded1445 administered?1574 bestowed1667 gifted1671 granted1700 1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Baucis & Philemon in Fables 162 Tablets hung for Gifts of granted Vows. a1770 J. Jortin Serm. (1771) IV. i. 2 He daily returned thanks for the granted favor. 1829 H. Murray Hist. Acct. Discoveries & Trav. N. Amer. II. iii. v. 490 In the granted and located districts called the Concessions, two sevenths are retained. 1860 C. J. Ellicott Hist. Lect. Life Our Lord ii. 67 The granted issue of all his longings and all his prayers. 1876 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera VI. lxi. 22 It shall be in a constantly progressive relation to the granted years of my life. 2. a. Admitted, acknowledged. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > acknowledgement, avowal, or confession > [adjective] > acknowledged, avowed, or confessed ownedeOE openOE avowed1340 confessed1561 avouched1637 granted1640 declared1651 1640 Bp. J. Hall Christian Moderation ii. 90 Wee have reason to take it for a granted truth. 1677 J. Dryden Authors Apol. Heroique Poetry in State Innocence Pref. sig. c2v If they will take it as a granted Principle, 'twill be easie to put an end to this dispute. 1897 W. C. Hazlitt Ourselves 50 A gratuitous superstructure on granted or presumed premises. b. to take for granted: to regard as not requiring proof, or as likely to be admitted by every one. to give for granted: see give v. Phrases 7. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > supposition, surmise > taking for granted, presumption > assume, presuppose [verb (transitive)] supposec1350 presumec1390 take1429 presupposec1443 takec1449 presupponec1475 supponea1513 subsume1562 foreprise1577 to take for granted1615 to give for granted1637 assume1660 foretake1674 premisea1706 predicate1718 dare say1749 pre-assume1789 1615 J. Stephens Satyrical Ess. 265 He takes it for granted, that hee can grace or disgrace any man at his pleasure. 1718 Free-thinker No. 57. 1 I have hitherto taken my Beauty for granted. 1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. liv. 238 I take the facts he refers to for granted. 1826 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey I. i. vi. 46 I want you to take no theological dogmas for granted. 1883 F. M. Peard Contradictions xx She had taken Dorothy's happiness too much for granted. 1894 H. Nisbet Bush Girl's Romance 182 He was perfectly frank with Worrogonga who, he took for granted, knew about his assumed character. c. Confused use. ΚΠ 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 774 He..takes it as a thing for granted, that this [sc. the soul] is..in every part of the Body. Derivatives ˈgrantedly adv. admittedly. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > acknowledgement, avowal, or confession > [adverb] expressly1393 professedly1569 grantedlya1638 confessedly1640 declaredly1645 professly1652 avowedly1656 confessinglya1658 a1638 J. Mede Christian Sacrif. in Wks. (1672) 355 And this so generally and grantedly as could never have been..unless [etc.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1615 |
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