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warrant.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 a anything that authorizes a person or an action (have no warrant for this). b a person so authorizing (I will be your warrant).
2 a a written authorization, money voucher, travel document, etc. (a dividend warrant). b a written authorization allowing police to search premises, arrest a suspect, etc.
3 a document authorizing counsel to represent the principal in a lawsuit (warrant of attorney).
4 a certificate of service rank held by a warrant-officer.

--v.

tr.
1 serve as a warrant for; justify (nothing can warrant his behaviour).
2 guarantee or attest to esp. the genuineness of an article, the worth of a person, etc.

I (or I'll) warrant I am certain; no doubt (he'll be sorry, I'll warrant). warrant-officer an officer ranking between commissioned officers and NCOs.

warranter n. warrantor n. [ME f. ONF warant, var. of OF guarant, -and f. Frank. werend (unrecorded) f. giweren be surety for]

warrant.html - adj.
1 able to be warranted.
2 (of a stag) old enough to be hunted (5 or 6 years).

warrantableness n. warrantably adv.

warrant.html - n.
a person to whom a warranty is given.

warrant.html - n.
(pl. -ies)
1 an undertaking as to the ownership or quality of a thing sold, hired, etc., often accepting responsibility for defects or liability for repairs needed over a specified period.
2 (usu. foll. by for + verbal noun) an authority or justification.
3 an undertaking by an insured person of the truth of a statement or fulfilment of a condition. [ME f. AF warantie, var. of garantie (as WARRANT)]

warrant.html - See: SIGN ONE'S OWN DEATH WARRANT.