Direct and Grant

Direct

Direct verb - To cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway.

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Grant and direct are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Grant" instead a verb "Direct".

Grant verb - To accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantly.

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Direct and grant are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Direct" instead a verb "Grant".

Nearby Words: granted, granting, grantee, grantor

power	direct power	grant power
people	direct people	grant people
rest	direct rest	grant rest
time	direct time	grant time
Other words: powers, abilities.

While completing a quest in most MMOs gives you direct EXP gain, GE instead gives you consumable items which grant experience to whichever characters you feed them to.

Source: Leaked Experience
Even when directly called, they claimed they would only grant their blessing, not direct aid.

Source: Have You Seen My God?
The Kingpriest's direct appeal to the Gods wherein he demanded they grant him the power to purge evil from the world completely would seem a different version of this.

Source: Literature / Dragonlance

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