grant
"take for granted,"
1. to accept without question or objection; assume:
Your loyalty to the cause is taken for granted.
2. to use, accept, or treat in a careless or indifferent manner:
A marriage can be headed for trouble if either spouse begins to take the other for granted.
3. to accept or assume without question:
one takes certain amenities for granted.
4. to fail to appreciate the value, merit, etc, of (a person).
Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English gra(u)nten<Old French graunter, variant of crëanter<Vulgar Latin *credentāre, verbal derivative of Latin crēdent-, stem of crēdēns, present participle of crēdere to believe. British dictionary: C13: from Old French graunter, from Vulgar Latin credentāre (unattested), from Latin crēdere to believe. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use of grant: Verb: 13th century. Noun: 13th century. History and Etymology for grant: Verb and Noun: Middle English, from Anglo-French granter, graanter, from Vulgar Latin *credentare, from Latin credent-, credens, present participle of credere to believe — more at creed. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
Added: 24 August 2020 {6:47 AM}
1. to accept without question or objection; assume:
Your loyalty to the cause is taken for granted.
2. to use, accept, or treat in a careless or indifferent manner:
A marriage can be headed for trouble if either spouse begins to take the other for granted.
3. to accept or assume without question:
one takes certain amenities for granted.
4. to fail to appreciate the value, merit, etc, of (a person).
Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English gra(u)nten<Old French graunter, variant of crëanter<Vulgar Latin *credentāre, verbal derivative of Latin crēdent-, stem of crēdēns, present participle of crēdere to believe. British dictionary: C13: from Old French graunter, from Vulgar Latin credentāre (unattested), from Latin crēdere to believe. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use of grant: Verb: 13th century. Noun: 13th century. History and Etymology for grant: Verb and Noun: Middle English, from Anglo-French granter, graanter, from Vulgar Latin *credentare, from Latin credent-, credens, present participle of credere to believe — more at creed. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
Added: 24 August 2020 {6:47 AM}