Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Given.
- adjective (Logic, Rhetoric) Acknowledged or assumed as a supposition.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
grant . - verb Given, awarded.
- adverb Used to
concede a point, often before stating some contrasting information. - preposition used to mark the premise of a syllogistic argument
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- adjective acknowledged as a supposition
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Examples
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"Regardfully for six millions of murdered Jews whose you - old-fashioned racialists, and today also advocates of Islamic terrorists - I, a Catholic, return the title granted to me of Honoris Cause and I burn the toga which you gave to me" - declared Cossiga.
Former Italian President Gives Back Honorary Columbia Degree
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"Regardfully for six millions of murdered Jews whose you - old-fashioned racialists, and today also advocates of Islamic terrorists - I, a Catholic, return the title granted to me of Honoris Cause and I burn the toga which you gave to me" - declared Cossiga.
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The appellant having done what is required on his part for introducing his appeal, the appellate judge allows him a fixed time for presenting whatever he wishes to allege in his own favour, and at the same time notifies the appellee of the admission of the appeal and of the term granted to the appellant.
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Khedive ---- The title granted in 1867 by the Sultan of Turkey to the ruler of Egypt.
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Khedive ---- The title granted in 1867 by the Sultan of Turkey to the ruler of Egypt.
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Khedive ---- The title granted in 1867 by the Sultan of Turkey to the ruler of Egypt.
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Khedive ---- The title granted in 1867 by the Sultan of Turkey to the ruler of Egypt.
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Khedive ---- The title granted in 1867 by the Sultan of Turkey to the ruler of Egypt.
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Khedive ---- The title granted in 1867 by the Sultan of Turkey to the ruler of Egypt.
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¡Y breves las horas son Ah! The hours slip away del plazo que nos augura! of the term granted to us.
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