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(transitive, with indirect object) to think someone deserves something, to witness or acknowledge someone's success or enjoyment without envy or grudge(usually referring to positive outcomes)
2012, Natasja Oosterloo, Twitter jezelf naar een baan, page 37:
De gunfactor zorgt ervoor dat mensen positief over je denken en je daardoor iets gunnen.
Likeability ensures that people think positively about you and because of that they will be okay with you getting something nice.
Het is je gegund! ― You really deserved it!
Hij gunt jou die functie. ― He thinks you deserved that position. / He is happy for you that you got it.
1741, Johannes Muller, Absolutum decretum, dat is Volstrekt raadbesluyt Gods, page 17:
De groote Koning gunde alle genoodigde gasten het genot van de bruyloft; tendien eynde liet hy ze noodigen.
The great King granted the pleasure of the wedding to all invited guests; to that end he let them be invited.
2011, Stacy Schiff, Cleopatra, Ambo (publ.).
Het moederschap verstevigde niet alleen Cleopatra's gezag – in haar eigen tijd was de Egyptische koningin eerder moeder aarde dan femme fatale – maar ook haar banden met de Egyptische priesters, die ze aanzienlijke privileges gunde.
Motherhood didn't merely reinforce Cleopatra's authority – in her time the Egyptian queen was more of a "Mother Earth" rather than a femme fatale – but also her ties with the Egyptian priests, on whom she bestowed considerable privileges.
Zij gunde hen het voordeel van de twijfel. ― She gave them the benefit of the doubt.