† grantisen.
Obsolete.
The action of grant v.; concession; permission.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [noun]
leaveeOE
yleaveOE
willOE
grant?c1225
thaving?c1225
grantisea1300
licence1362
grace1389
pardona1425
libertyc1425
patiencec1425
permission1425
sufferingc1460
congee1477
legencea1500
withganga1500
favour1574
beleve1575
permittance1580
withgate1599
passage1622
sufferage1622
attolerance1676
sanction1738
permiss-
a1300 Siriz in Anecd. Lit. (1844) 12 I-wis nou maiȝt thou ben above, For thou havest grauntise of hire love.
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 134 Com þe Scottis Kyng, & asked Henry a bone Of grantise of grace, to haf his Seignorie.
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 208 Of som he had grantise his wille forto do.
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