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warranted

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Warrant  \War"rant\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Warranted};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Warranting}.]  [OE.  waranten  OF  warantir  garantir 
  guarantir,  garentir  garandir  F.  garantir  to  warrant,  fr 
  OF  warant,  garant,  guarant,  a  warrant,  a  protector,  a 
  defender,  F.  garant.  [root]142.  See  {Warrant},  n.] 
  1.  To  make  secure;  to  give  assurance  against  harm;  to 
  guarantee  safety  to  to  give  authority  or  power  to  do  or 
  forbear  to  do  anything  by  which  the  person  authorized  is 
  secured,  or  saved  harmless,  from  any  loss  or  damage  by  his 
  action 
 
  That  show  I  first  my  body  to  warrant.  --Chaucer. 
 
  I'll  warrant  him  from  drowning.  --Shak. 
 
  In  a  place  Less  warranted  than  this  or  less  secure, 
  I  can  not  be  --Milton. 
 
  2.  To  support  by  authority  or  proof;  to  justify;  to  maintain; 
  to  sanction;  as  reason  warrants  it 
 
  True  fortitude  is  seen  in  great  exploits,  That 
  justice  warrants,  and  that  wisdom  guides.  --Addison. 
 
  How  little  while  it  is  since  he  went  forth  out  of 
  his  study,  --  chewing  a  Hebrew  text  of  Scripture  in 
  his  mouth,  I  warrant.  --Hawthorne. 
 
  3.  To  give  a  warrant  or  warranty  to  to  assure  as  if  by 
  giving  a  warrant  to 
 
  [My  neck  is]  as  smooth  as  silk,  I  warrant  ye  --L' 
  Estrange. 
 
  4.  (Law) 
  a  To  secure  to  as  a  grantee,  an  estate  granted;  to 
  assure. 
  b  To  secure  to  as  a  purchaser  of  goods,  the  title  to 
  the  same  to  indemnify  against  loss 
  c  To  secure  to  as  a  purchaser,  the  quality  or  quantity 
  of  the  goods  sold,  as  represented.  See  {Warranty},  n., 
  2. 
  d  To  assure,  as  a  thing  sold,  to  the  purchaser;  that  is 
  to  engage  that  the  thing  is  what  it  appears,  or  is 
  represented,  to  be  which  implies  a  covenant  to  make 
  good  any  defect  or  loss  incurred  by  it 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  warranted 
  adj  :  secured  by  written  agreement  [syn:  {bonded},  {guaranteed},  {secured}]




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