Webster's Dictionary 1828

1216

GRANDEESHIP

GRANDEE'SHIP, noun The rank or estate of a grandee.

1217

GRANDEUR

GRAND'EUR, noun In a general sense, greatness; that quality or combination of qualities in an object, which elevates or expands the mind, and excites pleasurable emotions in him...

1218

GRANDEVITY

GRANDEV'ITY, noun Great age. [Not used.]

1219

GRANDEVOUS

GRANDE'VOUS, adjective Of great age. [Not used.]

1220

GRANDFATHER

GRAND'F'ATHER, noun A father's or mother's father; the next degree above the father or mother in lineal ascent.

1221

GRANDILOQUENCE

GRANDIL'OQUENCE, noun Lofty speaking; lofty expressions.

1222

GRANDILOQUOUS

GRANDIL'OQUOUS, adjective [Latin grandiloquus; grandis and loquor, to speak.] Speaking in a lofty style.

1223

GRANDINOUS

GRAND'INOUS, adjective [Latin grando.] Consisting of hail.

1224

GRANDITY

GRAND'ITY, noun Greatness; magnificence. [Not used.]

1225

GRANDJUROR

GRANDJU'ROR, noun One of a grand jury. In Connecticut, a peace-officer.GRAND JU'RY, noun [grand and jury.] A jury whose duty is to examine into the grounds of accusation against...

1226

GRANDLY

GRAND'LY, adverb In a lofty manner; splendidly; sublimely.

1227

GRANDMOTHER

GRAND'MOTHER, noun The mother of one's father or mother.

1228

GRANDNESS

GRAND'NESS, noun Grandeur; greatness with beauty; magnificence.

1229

GRANDSIRE

GRAND'SIRE, noun A grandfather.1. In poetry and rhetoric, any ancestor.

1230

GRANDSON

GRAND'SON, noun The son of a son or daughter.

1231

GRANGE

GRANGE, noun granj. A farm, with the buildings, stables, etc.

1232

GRANILITE

GRAN'ILITE, noun [See Granit.] Indeterminate granit; granit that contains more than three constituent parts.

1233

GRANIT

GRAN'ITGRAN'ITE, noun In mineralogy, an aggregate stone or rock, composed of crystalline grains of quartz, feldspar and mica, or at least of two of these minerals, united withou...

1234

GRANITE

GRAN'ITE, n. In mineralogy, an aggregate stone or rock, composed of crystalline grains of quartz, feldspar and mica, or at least of two of these minerals, united without a cemen...

1235

GRANITEL

GRAN'ITEL, noun [dim. of granit.] A binary aggregate of minerals; a granitic compound containing two constituent parts, as quartz and feldspar, or quartz and shorl or hornblend....

1236

GRANITIC

GRANIT'IC, adjective Pertaining to granit; like granit; having the nature of granitic; as granitic texture.1. Consisting of granit; as granitic mountains.Granitic aggregates, in...

1237

GRANITIN

GRAN'ITIN, noun A granitic aggregate of three species of minerals, some of which differ from the species which compose granit; as quartz, feldspar, and jade or shorl.

1238

GRANIVOROUS

GRANIV'OROUS, adjective [Latin granum, grain, and voro, to eat.]Eating grain; feeding or subsisting on seeds; as granivorous birds.Grannam, for grandam, a grandmother. [Vulgar.]

1239

GRANT

GR'ANT, verb transitive1. To admit as true what is not proved; to allow; to yield; to concede. We take that for granted which is supposed to be true.Grant that the fates have fi...

1240

GRANTABLE

GR'ANTABLE, adjective That may be granted or conveyed.

1241

GRANTED

GR'ANTED, participle passive Admitted as true; conceded; yielded; bestowed; conveyed.

1242

GRANTEE

GRANTEE', noun The person to whom a conveyance is made.