warrantn.1
/ˈwɒrənt/, /ˈwɒrn̩t/, U.S. /ˈwɔrənt/ I. One who or something which protects or authorizes.† 1. A protector, defender. Obsolete.† 2. A safeguard, protection, defence. Obsolete.† 3. † b. to draw to warrant (cf. 5): to resort for protection to (a person). to hold in or to warrant: to keep (subjects) in safety, to protect. Obsolete.† 4. † b. Assurance given, pledge, guaranty. to take warrant on oneself (? quasi-archaic), to pledge oneself, make oneself responsible. Obsolete.† 6. One whose command justifies an action. Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > [noun] > protector or defender
shield971
warranta1225
warden?c1225
forhillera1300
inshieldera1300
shieldera1300
weryera1325
hilera1340
witier1340
protectorc1390
guard1412
safeguardera1535
fencec1540
safekeeper1561
parens patriae1764
guardsmana1854
fortifier1878
minder1896
a1225 St. Marher. 8 Þu art iweddedes weole ant wide~wene warant.
a1240 Lofsong in Old Eng. Hom. I. 211 Beo mi scheld and mi warant on euche halfe aȝein þes feondes flon.
c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 2067 Cum now forth with me,..For nou wile y youre warant be.
c1330 King of Tars 455 Bi Mahoun, and bi Termagaunt, No mon schal be heore waraunt, Emperour ne kyng with croun.
c1400 Ywaine & Gaw. 2583 For hir warand mai thou noght be, Bot thou allane fight with us thre.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 516/1 Warant, protector, defensor.
a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xliv. l. 455 On Goddis Enemyes now let vs gon In Iesus Name,..Oure warawunt and Oure Governour, that vs wele Save In Every stour.
1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) ii. 505 In commownys may nane affy, Bot he that may thar warand be.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. viii The king craftely perswaded the saied byshop to make no answere, for he would be his warrant.
1549–62 T. Sternhold & J. Hopkins Whole Bk. Psalms cxxi. 5 The Lord is thy warrant alway, The Lord eke doth thee couer.
1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 111 Had not the Lord bene our warrand,..Thay had us all on liue deuorit.
a1600 Capt. Car xv, in Trans. New Shakspere Soc. (1880–6) App. 54† ‘Lap him in a shete’, he sayth, ‘And let him downe to me, And I shall take him in my arme; His waran wyll I be.’
16.. Rising in North vii, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1889) III. vi. 405/1 But goe to the court yet, good my lord, Take men enowe with thee; If any man will doe you wronge, Your warrant they may be.
1828 P. Buchan Anc. Ballads & Songs N. Scotl. I. 86 Jamie McRobbie, Likewise Wattie Nairn, All ga'ed wi' Charlie For to be his warran'.
1829 W. Scott Anne of Geierstein I. x. 292 I swear to thee..by the shoulder of my horse, and the edge of my good sword, I will be thy warrand for a year and a day.
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > [noun] > means of protection or defence
hornc825
shieldc1200
warranta1272
bergha1325
armour1340
hedge1340
defencec1350
bucklerc1380
protectiona1382
safety1399
targea1400
suretyc1405
wall1412
pavise?a1439
fencec1440
safeguard?c1500
pale?a1525
waretack1542
muniment1546
shrouda1561
bulwark1577
countermure1581
ward1582
prevention1584
armourya1586
fortificationa1586
securitya1586
penthouse1589
palladium1600
guard1609
subtectacle1609
tutament1609
umbrella1609
bastion1615
screena1616
amulet1621
alexikakon1635
breastwork1643
security1643
protectionary1653
sepiment1660
back1680
shadower1691
aegis1760
inoculation1761
buoya1770
propugnaculum1773
panoply1789
armament1793
fascine1793
protective1827
beaver1838
face shield1842
vaccine1861
zariba1885
wolf-platform1906
firebreak1959
a1272 Luue Ron 27 in Old Eng. Misc. 94 Nis non so riche ne non so freo Þat he ne schal heonne sone away Ne may hit neuer his waraunt beo.
1338 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 183 Himself as a Geant þe cheynes in tuo hew, Þe targe was his warant, þat non tille him threw.
a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xii. l. 301 From deth thi waraunt this [sc. the Cross] schal be, And from Alle presonementis.
a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xxii. 408 Whom that he raught a full stroke was so harde smyten that noon armure was his warante fro deth.
a. Security or safety from one's enemies; also a place of refuge, shelter. Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > [noun]
church grithOE
to-flighta1300
reseta1325
refutec1350
succourc1380
warranta1400
refugec1405
bieldingc1440
bield?a1500
a1400 Coer de L. 5749 Whom that he ovyr-raught that tyde, Off lyff ne was her waraunt non.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) viii. 485 And thai mycht help thaim-self no thing, Bot fled to varrand quhan thai mocht.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) vi. 422 Thai that saw sa suddandly That folk sa egirly cum prikand Betuix thame and thair varrand.
1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xlvii. 139 But elecor, that was ryght swyfte & lyght, fled toward the castel for his waraunt.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xi. xvii. 9 The chiftanis.. Socht to warrand on horsbak.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 119 Was prouydet, that nane of Jngland entir into Scotland,..without his kingis lettres for his defence and warran.
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the world > action or operation > safety > make safe or secure [verb (transitive)] > go to for safety
fleec825
to draw to warrantc1330
flya1400
to have or make (one's) refuge toa1538
the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > protect or defend [verb (transitive)]
shieldc825
frithc893
werea900
i-schield971
berghOE
biwerec1000
grithc1000
witec1000
keepc1175
burghena1225
ward?c1225
hilla1240
warrantc1275
witiec1275
forhilla1300
umshadea1300
defendc1325
fendc1330
to hold in or to warrantc1330
bielda1350
warisha1375
succoura1387
defencea1398
shrouda1400
umbeshadow14..
shelvec1425
targec1430
protect?1435
obumber?1440
thorn1483
warrantise1490
charea1500
safeguard1501
heild?a1513
shend1530
warrant1530
shadow1548
fence1577
safekeep1588
bucklera1593
counterguard1594
save1595
tara1612
target1611
screenc1613
pre-arm1615
custodite1657
shelter1667
to guard against1725
cushion1836
enshield1855
mind1924
buffer1958
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 1472 Coryneus..was a man als a Geaunt, Tyl hym þey drowe alle to waraunt.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xx. 604 The gude Erll gouernit the land, And held the pure weill to warand.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xiii. 710 God grant that thai, that cummyne ar Of his ofspring, maynteyme the land, And hald the folk weill to warrand.
a. A guarantor, surety, bail. Scottish. Obsolete.
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the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > [noun] > a bondsman or guarantor
borrowa1000
festermanOE
inborghc1175
pledge1348
surety1428
warrant1478
soverty1517
creditor1523
cautionerc1565
warranter1583
caution1586
warranty1586
security1600
stipulator1610
engager1611
pawner1611
undertaker1616
bond1632
ensurer1654
cautionary1655
security man1662
voucher1667
warrantee1668
respondent1672
guarand1674
guarantee1679
guaranty1684
hypothecator1828
warrantor1850
guarantor1853
1478 in Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1839) I. 6/1 Gife þe said ser Johne has ony vþer to warand him, he sall haue priuilege to call þat warand.
c1575 Balfour's Practicks (1754) 320 Ane beand callit and persewit for the singil and doubil avail of his mariage, may leasumlie call ony persoun for his warrand, quha is bund and oblist to warrand him thairanent.
1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem iii. xii. 52 Quhen ane challenges fra the buyer anie thing, as thifteouslie stollen: the buyer sould defend him anent the thift alledged against him: or else to alledge and call ane warand there anent.
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the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > [noun] > pledge or assurance
wordOE
costOE
earnest1221
fayc1300
certainty1303
wager1306
plighta1325
pledge1371
assurancec1386
undertaking?a1400
faithc1405
surementc1410
to make affiancec1425
earnest pennya1438
warrant1460
trow1515
fidelity1531
stipulation1552
warranty1555
pawn1573
arrha1574
avouchment1574
assumption1590
word of honour1598
avouch1603
assecurance1616
preassurance1635
tower-stamp1642
parole of honour1648
spondence1657
honour1659
the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > give assurance or stand surety [verb (intransitive)]
to lay one's life, head, to wed971
to find (take) God, Mahoun, St. Blase, St. George, etc. to borrowa1330
again-behotea1382
to make (also do) faitha1382
pledge1458
to make (also give) warrantisea1535
undertake1548
subscribe1600
underwrite1623
seal1633
underwritea1657
hedge1676
vouch1687
to stand surety (or security)1776
to take warrant on oneself1828
stipulate1829
1460–1 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1460 381/2 Prejudiciall to any..Ratification Confirmation or Warante.
1608 W. Shakespeare Richard II iv. i. 225 There shouldst thou finde one haynous article, Contayning the deposing of a King, And cracking the strong warrant of an Oath.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) ii. iv. 100 His worth is warrant for his welcome hether. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iii. iii. 20 I giue thee warrant of thy place. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) i. iv. 58 This Gentleman, at that time vouching (and vpon warrant of bloody affirmation) his [mistresse] to be more Faire, Vertuous,..then any, the rarest of our Ladies in Fraunce. View more context for this quotation
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth ix, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 273 I can take warrant upon myself for the innocence of my household and followers.
5.
a. One who is answerable for a fact or statement; an authoritative witness. to †draw, take to warrant: to appeal to as evidence.For to vouch to warrant, see vouch v. 1.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > bear witness, testify [verb (intransitive)] > call to witness
to call or take to (one's) witness1297
to draw, take to warrantc1330
to call (also take) to recorda1393
to call to suretya1616
obtest1650
to call on ——1655
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > [noun] > a witness, testifier > with authority
warrantc1330
c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 1539 To his waraunt he drouȝ His schippe and al his pride.
c1330 Arth. & Merl. 5229 Þe Brut þer of is mi waraunt.
?a1366 Romaunt Rose 6 This may I drawe to waraunte [Fr. trere à garant] An author, that hight Macrobes.
a1400 Guy Warw. 547 Þei ich hir loue, blame me noman; To warant ichil drawe atte frome Þat loue doþ me þider come.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 14651 He þat es fader of heuen king..Him drau i me to mi warand.
c1425 Wyntoun Cron. i. Prol. 116 For few wrytis I redye fand That I couth draw to my warrand.
a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Fox, Wolf, & Cadger l. 2156 in Poems (1981) 82 Wend quhen ȝe will, I dar be warrand now That ȝe sall de na suddan deith this day.
1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. G6 A manifest deceite before the Lorde, and one daye shall be answeared for, I dare be their warrante.
1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country iv. 225 If insufficient faith have done thus much,..More would move mountains, you are warrant.
b. A conclusive proof.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > [noun] > conclusive proof or argument
proving?c1225
demonstrationa1393
warranta1450
satisfaction1584
clunchfist1590
ergo1590
apodixis1646
ergotism1656
clinker1733
clincher1804
clencher1878
a1450 Le Morte Arth. 1142 Thys lettere there-of [sc. of Lancelot's innocence] warannte wolle be.
1860 N. Hawthorne Marble Faun II. x. 114 Though but a single word, and the first that he had spoken, its tone was a warrant of the sad and tender depth from which it came.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > justification > [noun] > one whose command justifies an action
warranta1400
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 14968 Gais fotte hir me, if animan Lais apon yow hand To lette yow, ye sai yee haf þe lauerd to your warand.
1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 138/2 You are not here in your own proper names, men shall not be your warrants, it is God that must gouerne aboue al.
1821 W. Scott Kenilworth II. x. 244 Janet, alarm the house!—Foster, break open the door—I am detained here by a traitor!—Use axe and lever, Master Foster—I will be your warrant!
7.
a. Command or permission of a superior which frees the doer of an act from blame or legal responsibility; authorization, sanction; an act of authorization.
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society > authority > delegated authority > [noun] > authorization
warrant1387
limitation?1410
authorization1472
fiant1534
passport1571
warranty1591
1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Rolls) VIII. 135 He bygan rabbisliche to passe his waraunt [L. fines creditae sibi potestatis petulanter excedere] in absens of þe kyng.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 18426 And if þe yate-ward þe witstand, Sa him þou has ful gode warand.
c1400 Rule St. Benet (Prose) ii. 5 He [sc. the abbot] ah na þing at cumande bot þat he may haue warant at god.
c1440 York Myst. xvii. 67 For haue we his wille and his warande Þan may we wende with-outen drede.
1453 Rolls of Parl. V. 268/2 That noo Letters Patentes..be made hereafter, but by Warrant of bill, enselid by the Tresorer of Englond.
1548 Order of Communion sig. B.iv Where as he hathe no warrant of Goddes worde for thesame.
1563 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 249 This present ordinance salbe sufficient warrand to thame.
1568 Want of Wyse Men (Bannatyne) in R. Henryson Poems (1908) III. 173 Now wrang hes warrane, and law is bot wilfulness.
1575 G. Gascoigne Glasse of Gouernem. i. iii. sig. Aiiiiv I..haue by warrant of the same commission brought with me my Brother Phylomusus.
1629 in A. I. Ritchie Churches St. Baldred (1880) 219 The minister..culd not gett sik quarrente to punishe the prophaners of the Sabbothe in tyme of draife.
1635 D. Dickson Short Explan. Hebrewes x. 2. 199 Hee that is purged by Vertue of the sacrifice of Christ, hath God's Warrand, to haue a quyet and peaceable Conscience.
1637 Decree Starre-Chamber conc. Printing 11 Euery person and persons, which..shall be appointed or authorized to Licence Bookes, or giue Warrant for imprinting thereof.
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xxxix That Assembly, which is without warrant from the Civil Soveraign, is unlawful.
1683 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1852) I. 84 That it was Convenient Warrant should be sent from this board.
1855 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Philip II of Spain I. i. v. 164 The Spanish monarch determined to ease his conscience, by obtaining, if possible, a warrant for his proceedings from the Church itself.
b. A token or evidence of authorization. (Cf. branch II.)
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society > authority > delegated authority > [noun] > authorization > a token or evidence of
warrant1390
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 201 Thei..have him thilke lettre rad, Which he hem sende for warant.
1595 Queen Elizabeth I in T. Rymer & R. Sanderson Fœdera (1715) XVI. 282 And thes our Letters shall be your sufficient Warraunt and Discharge in that behalf.
1614 in T. Rymer & R. Sanderson Fœdera (1715) XVI. 767 To the end sufficient Warrant may remayne here in our Exchequer for the Payment of the said Annuity, our Pleasure is..that you cause a Duplicate of the said Graunt to be sealed with our said Great Seale, and the same..to be sent to our said Exchequer.
1619 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher King & No King iv. sig. H2v Bac. It was your owne command to barre none from him, Beside the Princesse sent her Ring Sir For my warrant.
1635 D. Dickson Short Explan. Hebrewes xi. 8. 255 Fayth is willing to obey, as soone as it seeth a Warrand.
1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. II. xiv. 110 He produced an old rusty sword and cried, ‘See, my lords, here is my warrant.’
c. Scots Law. jedge and warrant, ‘the authority given by the Dean of Guild to repair a ruinous tenement’ (W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl.).
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society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [noun] > other processes, writs, or warrants
trailbaston1304
gavelet1313
withernam1314
praemunire facias1425
Valentine1556
statute of bankrupt1622
safeguard1670
avocatory1689
information quo warranto1690
statute of lunacy1706
jedge and warrant1720
habeas corpora1838
stop-order1875
caution1959
1720 A. Bruce Decisions Lords of Council & Session 1714–15 134 Deacon Brownhill..obtained Jedge and Warrant from the Dean of Gild, for taking down and rebuilding a ruinous House.
1816 G. J. Bell Comm. Laws Scotl. (1826) I. 750 The judicial process of Jedge and Warrant creates a real burden on a burgage tenement, which will be effectual against creditors and purchasers.
8. † b. Phrases. of (good) warrant: ? held in esteem, important. out of warrant: unlawful. Obsolete.In quot. c1330 the sense may be ‘well-defended’: cf. 2.
a. Justifying reason or ground for an action, belief, or feeling.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > justification > [noun] > that which
warrant1597
justification1716
warranty1836
1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. xxxv. 72 Sith his promise is our plaine warrant, that in his name what we aske we shall receyue.
a1609 A. Hume Poems (1902) 176 Ye wer eschamed..to be called Lordis..whiche wes a takin ye had no guid warrand in your conscience for it.
a1628 J. Preston New Covenant (1634) 413 I have applyed these promises, but upon what warrant, upon what ground have I done it?
a1640 F. Beaumont et al. Loves Cure iv. iv, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Sssss3/2 Gen. Nay you are rude; pray you forbeare, your offer now More then the breeding of a Gentleman Can give you warrant for.
1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. i. 57 But for a Lady no ways Errant To free a Knight, we have no warrant In any Authentical Romance.
1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 2 Intending..not to offer any thing but what hath due warrant from Observations.
1703 W. Burkitt Expos. Notes New Test. John xviii. 11 Good Intentions are no Warrant for irregular Actions.
1781 W. Cowper Charity 183 Canst thou..Trade in the blood of innocence, and plead Expedience as a warrant for the deed?
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth vii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 182 We relate it as it is given by an ancient and uniform tradition, which carries in it great indications of truth, and is warrant enough, perhaps, for its insertion in graver histories than the present.
1832 H. Martineau Demerara ii. 23 But that they will die out the slave history of Europe is our warrant.
1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xlvii. 464 Florence took her seat..with an uneasiness, amounting to dread. She had no other warrant for it, than the occasion, the expression of her father's face [etc.].
1862 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles (ed. 7) xxi. 333 Still there is no warrant for ascribing to them such treachery here.
1862 H. Spencer First Princ. ii. vi. §67. 240 This last fact naturally raises the question, whether we have any higher warrant for this fundamental belief, than the warrant of conscious induction.
1893 Daily News 15 Apr. 3/7 Another painter who repeats himself this year, but with more warrant, is Mr. Herbert Marshall.
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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [adjective] > other
of (good) warrantc1330
last1558
overweighted1753
unpostponable1800
sacred1867
mugwump1886
codominant1943
society > law > rule of law > illegality > illegal [phrase]
out of warranta1616
c1330 Arth. & Merl. 4210 Til þai com to Norhant, A fair cite of gode waraunt.
1576 Charter at Thirkleby Park (MS.) Prouyded also that nether the said Henry Procter..shall fell or cutt doune any oke trez eshe trez crabtrez or other wood of warrant.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Hamlet (1623) ii. i. 39 Marry Sir, heere's my drift, And I belieue it is a fetch of warrant.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) i. ii. 80 Such an abuser of the world, a practiser Of Arts inhibited, and out of warrant.
II. A document conveying authority or security.† 12. A voucher, certificate. Obsolete.
9. Proverb.c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) i. 276 ‘A warrant seald with butter!’ as we say.† b. warrant-dormant n. see dormant adj. 2b.† c. A licence to go abroad. Obsolete.
a. A writing issued by the sovereign, an officer of state, or an administrative body, authorizing those to whom it is addressed to perform some act.† Premier's warrant n. Obsolete (in the Cape Colony during the 19th cent.) an order given by the Premier on his own responsibility, authorizing expenditure for the public service in some sudden emergency.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [noun] > document which permits or authorizes
placard1482
warranta1513
placket1571
placate1572
licence1598
permission1607
purwanah1619
permit1649
furlougha1658
legitimation1660
chitty1698
chop1699
cedula1724
ticket of leave1732
chit1757
stiff1892
society > authority > delegated authority > [noun] > authorization > a token or evidence of > written
form1297
commission1397
precept1397
warrant-dormant1423
bill of remembrance1481
warranta1513
warrantment1599
exequatur1788
brown-paper warrant1867
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. viiv Then this Abbot gate a warrant of the Kynge, & at London callyd dyuerse offycers before hym for to yelde to hym theyr accompte.
1551 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Edward VI (1914) 56 A warraunt from kynge Edward ffor ffurnyshyng of A tryeumfe.
a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) ii. f. 64v Antonius Triumuir,..whan Varros name..was brought in a schedule vnto him, to be noted to death, he tooke his penne and wrote his warrant of sauegard with these most goodlie wordes, Viuat Varro vir doctissimus.
1711 J. Swift Corr. 4 Jan. (1963) I. 204 Mr. Secretary St. John..told me from Mr. Harley, that I need not to be in Pain about the First-Fruits, for the Warrant was drawn in Order towards a Patent; but, must..take up some Time, for the Queen designeth to make a Grant by her Letters Patent.
a1722 J. Lauder Hist. Observes (1840) 73 He had coined a quantity of copper beyond the 3000 stone contained in his Majesties warrands.
1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. ii. 171 As soon as the parliament is summoned, the lord chancellor..sends his warrant to the clerk of the crown in chancery; who thereupon issues out writs to the sheriff of every county, for the election of all the members to serve for that county, and for every city and borough therein.
1800 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1834) I. 150 You will easily perceive the difference in the warrant and in the other papers from those usually given for a General Court Martial.
1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes I. iii. 67 The indigent blind..from the adjoining state of Connecticut, or from the states of Maine, Vermont, or New Hampshire, are admitted by a warrant from the state to which they respectively belong.
1853 J. H. Stocqueler Mil. Encycl. 324/1 Warrant,..also a document under the sign manual, to authorize the assembling of a general court-martial, &c.
1880 Gen. Adye in 19th Cent. Apr. 697 The general provisions of the warrant were, that military rank, rising according to length of service, with commensurate pay and pension, should be given to all who entered.
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society > authority > delegated authority > [noun] > authorization > a token or evidence of > written
form1297
commission1397
precept1397
warrant-dormant1423
bill of remembrance1481
warranta1513
warrantment1599
exequatur1788
brown-paper warrant1867
figurative.
1423 Proc. Privy Counc. (1834) III. 85 That it like to zour grace to graunt letters of warant dormaunt..to the seyd Tresorer commaundyng hym to pay to the seyd Thomas the seyd somme fro tyme to tyme.
1551 Househ. Acc. Eliz. in Camden Misc. 34 Paid..unto James Russell, by warrante dormaunte..xx. s.
c1614 C. Cornwallis in J. Gutch Collectanea Curiosa (1781) I. 148 The warrant dormant, which all Leiger Ambassadors have, to propound and discourse of all things, which they think may tend to the encreasing of amity.
1635 E. Pagitt Christianographie (1636) i. iii. 208 A man may haue for money a warrant dormant, or dispensation to commit sinnes.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > authorization to travel to, from, or in a country > [noun] > a licence to go abroad
warrant1645
1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ i. ii. 5 I have got a Warrant from the Lords of the Councel to travel for three yeers any where, Rome and S. Omer excepted.
10.
a. A writ or order issued by some executive authority, empowering a ministerial officer to make an arrest, a seizure, or a search, to execute a judicial sentence, or to do other acts incident to the administration of justice. In early use, †letter of warrant.See also bench warrant n. at bench n. Compounds 2, death warrant n., press warrant n., search warrant n..
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society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [noun] > warrant
warranta1450
flyer1952
a1450 Mirk's Festial 53 He ȝeode to hom þat haden þe lawe of Iewes to kepe, and gete hym lettyrs of warant, forto take and bryng all crysten men and woymen..bonden ynto Ierusalem, forto take hor deth þer.
1464 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 185 Iohn Boteler of Herwesche is on of the iij. that was arested at the same towen be Pertones warente.
1538 in T. Wright Three Chapters Lett. Suppression Monasteries (1843) 200 My gude lorde, if that ȝe wold..send to me a hunderyd worans for the delyverans of a hunderyd ffreeres that [etc.].
1538 in T. Wright Three Chapters Lett. Suppression Monasteries (1843) 200 If ye wold be so gode to sende to me iij. or iiij waranttes with a space for ther namys, I wer bonde to yow.
a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iv. ii. 70 This is the man should do the bloody deed: He shew'd his warrant to a friend of mine. View more context for this quotation
1620 S. Rowlands Night-raven 33 A Warrant to a Constable was sent, Of speciall charge, disorder to preuent.
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. ii A Warrant to commit one, Mittimus.
a1625 J. Fletcher Pilgrim iii. vii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Hhhhh/2 The Justice keeps such a stirre yonder with his Charges, And such a coyle with warrants.
a1634 E. Coke Inst. Lawes Eng. (1648) iv. 176 One or more Iustice or Iustices of Peace cannot make a warrant upon a bare surmise to break any mans house to search for a Felon, or for stoln goods.
1635 Life Long Meg of Westminster (1816) xv. 24 Come in, master Constable,..let me see your warrant, what suspected persons you seeke for in my house.
1697 W. Congreve Mourning Bride iv. i. 40 Wherefore a Warrant for his Death is sign'd.
1724 W. Hawkins Pleas Crown (ed. 2) ii. 117 The Habeas Corpus Act, seems to suppose, That all Persons who are committed to Prison, are there detained by Virtue of some Warrant in Writing.
1726–31 N. Tindal tr. P. Rapin de Thoyras Hist. Eng. (1743) II. xvii. 89 Which made her sign a Warrant to send the Duke of Norfolk to the Tower.
1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 62 This is my warrant of distress, mum.
1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 130 When the warrant for a prisoner's execution arrives, he is immediately removed to the cells, [etc.].
1845 B. Disraeli Sybil III. v. ix. 123 There's a warrant from the Secretary of State for your release.
1859 H. Kingsley Recoll. G. Hamlyn vi You see, I'm in trouble, there's a warrant out against me, and I must fly.
1874 ‘Max Adeler’ Out of Hurly-burly xiv It was a constable with a warrant for her arrest.
1891 Law Times 90 373/1 The magistrate..granted an English warrant on which the prisoner was now under arrest.
b. general warrant: a warrant for the apprehension of the persons suspected of an offence, no individual being named or particularly described in special.According to Blackstone, the practice of issuing general warrants, founded on some clauses in the Acts (of Charles II) for regulating the press, was inadvertently continued after those Acts expired in 1694, and (except during the last four years of Queen Anne) remained down to 1763. In that year the arrest of John Wilkes on a general warrant raised the question of the legality of such warrants. In 1765 the Court of King's Bench decided that they were illegal, and in 1766 this was affirmed by a vote of the House of Commons.
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society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [noun] > writ > writs ordering arrest
writ of attachment1431
pluries capias1444
attachment?1448
pluries1465
capias1467
reattachment1528
manucaption1588
general warrant1657
ca. sa.1796
Border-warrant1816
1657 E. Bulstrode Rep. I. 146 Williams Iustice, this is a most perilous example, to breake a mans house in the night, by force, and by vertue of a generall warrant.
1763 A. B. Let. 7 May in Gentleman's Mag. 33 246 The question, Whether a Secretary of State can grant a general warrant against authors, printers, and publishers, without naming any names..remains yet to be determined.
1766 Jrnl. House of Commons 22 Apr. 30 753/2 Resolved, That a General Warrant for apprehending the Author, Printer, or Publisher, of a Libel is illegal.
1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. xxi. 288.
1843 Penny Cycl. XXVII. 380/1.
11. A writing which authorizes one person to pay or deliver, and another to receive, a sum of money.For dividend warrant n. at dividend n. Compounds, share warrant n. at share n.2 Compounds 2b, see the first words.
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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > promissory notes or bills of exchange > [noun] > other promissory notes or bills
warrant1433
assignmentc1460
policy1623
navy bill1679
redraft1682
tally of pro1691
bank bill1694
bank seal bill1696
chequer-bill1697
assignation1704
chequer-note1705
mint bill1707
transport debenture1707
transport-bill1710
loan-bill1722
treasury note1756
tin bill1778
treasury-bill1798
rescription1800
short bill1808
treasury-warrant1834
sight bill1853
short-paper1912
treasuries1922
T.B.1936
T.D.R.1948
T-Bill1982
1433 Rolls of Parl. IV. 439/1 Many Warantis come to me of paiementz.
?1470 in C. L. Kingsford Stonor Lett. & Papers (1919) I. 115 He had it [the money] in grete for that his labour, and a warrant made to Harre Dogett to pay yt.
1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde ii. vii. f. 76v A warrante to thofficers of his escheker to delyuer hym money in preste.
1613 in T. Rymer & R. Sanderson Fœdera (1715) XVI. 742 The Somme of Two Thousand Pounds, now by Warrant of our Exchequer appointed to bee delivered unto you.
1794 Rep. Committees Ho. Comm. XII. 364 Warrant for the Pay, &c. of the 11th Regiment of Foot, for 365 Days.
1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. Warrant... Likewise a document with the sign manual attached to it, to authorize the receipt of public monies at the treasury, &c.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xxi. 551 Sir Thomas Cook..had merely told them in general terms that he had been at a charge of twenty three thousand, of twenty five thousand, of thirty thousand pounds,..and his colleagues had..ordered warrants for these great sums to be instantly made out.
1912 Times 19 Oct. 18/5 (Company's report) Third interim dividend of 75 per cent. (actual), less tax, in respect of the year ending December 31. Warrants will be posted on January 14.
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society > law > legal document > authenticating document > [noun] > voucher
warrant1433
passport1578
policy1670
voucher1796
challan1858
1433 Rolls of Parl. IV. 455/1 Youre Custumers..writen no Warants in discharge of youre said Merchantz.
1598 R. Hakluyt tr. in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) I. 172 He..caried a warrant also with him, that he had at Sandwich paid the custome due vnto our lord the king.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) i. i. 9 And a Gentleman borne (Master Parson) who writes himselfe Armigero, in any Bill, Warrant, Quittance, or Obligation, Armigero. View more context for this quotation
13. A form of receipt given to a person who has deposited goods in a warehouse, by assignment of which the title to the goods is transferred.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > account or statement of > [noun] > receipt > types of
bill of lading1599
note1601
bill of loading1626
tally1626
bank receipt1699
subscription receipt1720
treasury certificate1791
warrant1825
tally of sol1843
stock receipt1901
1825 Act 6 George IV c. 94 §2 Any Person..in Possession of any Bill of Lading, India Warrant, Dock Warrant,..Warrant or Order for Delivery of..Merchandize described..in the said several Documents.
1861 Times 10 July On two occasions in September last he had received warrants for wine of the bankrupt, and had advanced money on them without charging interest.
1864 A. Miller Rise & Progr. Coatbridge 27 The stock of ‘good merchantable brands’ [of iron] at present in store, represented by ‘warrants’ is 280,000 tons.
1870 Act 33 & 34 Victoria c. 97 Schedule, [Stamp Duties] Warrant for Goods, 0 0 3.
1875 Economist 2 Jan. 6/1 Scotch pig iron (warrants) per ton. 103/.
1894 Daily News 19 Mar. 3/7 Makers..have very little stock, the bulk of the iron being in the shape of warrants.
1912 Pitman's Commerc. Encycl. III. 876 Iron Warrants, or warrants for iron, differ from warrants for other goods, since by the custom of the iron trade, an indorsee of the warrant obtains the goods free from any vendor's claim for purchase money.
14. Military and Navy.
a. An official certificate of appointment issued to an officer of lower rank than a commissioned officer. Cf. warrant officer n.
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society > armed hostility > military organization > enlistment or recruitment > appointment to rank > [noun] > warrant of rank
commission1577
warrant1786
1786 F. Grose Mil. Antiq. I. 316 (note) The commissioned staff officers of a corps of infantry are the chaplain, adjutant, quarter master, and surgeon. The surgeons' mates, though reckoned among the staff, have only warrants from the colonel.
1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. Warrant, a writ of authority inferior to a commission: thus quartermasters are warrant officers.
1815 W. Burney Falconer's New Universal Dict. Marine (rev. ed.) Warrant, the name given to a sort of commission or authority to those officers appointed by the Navy-Board, while the authorities granted by the Admiralty are styled commissions.
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Warrant,..a commission from the Admiralty to petty officers of a vessel of war.
b. Short for warrant officer n.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer by rank > [noun] > warrant officer
warrant officer1693
warrant1707
W.O.1887
society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > leader or commander > [noun] > naval officer > warrant officer
warrant officer1693
warrant1707
1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 74 He's marry'd, as well as his Brother Warrants.
1904 R. Kipling Traffics & Discov. 349 She kep' a little hotel for warrants and non~coms close to Auckland.
15.
a. warrant of attorney n. a formal document by which a person appoints another to perform certain acts on his behalf: = letter of attorney at attorney n.2 2, power of attorney n. at power n.1 5c(b).
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society > law > legal document > types of legal or official document > [noun] > document giving legal authority > specific
brevea1400
letter of procuracya1425
procuracy1425
letter of attorney1432
allocate1438
procurationc1450
proxyc1460
warrant of attorney1512
letters of procuration1574
promotorial letters?c1633
factory1703
power of agency1710
power of attorney1716
inspectorship deed1861
letter of business1862
1512 Act 4 Hen. VIII c. 20 §2 All Warant of Attourney made..by the said Kateryne Agnes and Edward..in the said Appelys [shall] be utterly voyde.
1747 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 495/2 The new lord mayor..was sworn at the Exchequer bar, and having recorded warrants of attorney in the proper courts, returned to a magnificent entertainment at Guildhall.
1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. xxiv. 397 It is very usual, in order to strengthen a bond-creditor's security, for the debtor to execute a warrant of attorney to any one empowering him to confess a judgment..in an action of debt to be brought by the creditor for the specific sum due.
1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) xx. 200 And if he gives us a warrant of attorney, as he must in the end, I know his employers will see it paid.
1870 Act 33 & 34 Victoria c. 97 Schedule, [Stamp Duties] Warrant of Attorney to confess and enter up a judgment given as a security for the payment or repayment of money, or for the transfer or retransfer of stock. See Mortgage, &c... Warrant of Attorney of any other kind, 0 10 0.
b. warrant of fitness, a certificate of roadworthiness valid for six months, which must be carried by most classes of motor vehicle in New Zealand. (The equivalent of an M.O.T. test certificate: see MOT n.6)
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > testing, servicing, and storage of motor vehicles > [noun] > test of roadworthiness > certificate
warrant of fitness1936
1936 N.Z. Statutory Regulations 1936–7 (1938) 331 Save as provided in clause (3) hereof, the driver of every motor-vehicle used on a road after the 31st day of March, 1937, shall carry in the vehicle a warrant of fitness... The warrant of fitness shall be issued only by a city authority or a person or firm appointed or approved for the purpose by the Minister.
1948 N.Z. Law Rep. 1229 I am convinced that a warrant of fitness does not extend to the drag link or steering assembly of a car.
1953 Road Code (N.Z.) 1 Jan. 39 There must be carried on a motor vehicle a Warrant of Fitness issued within the past six months.
1961 B. Crump Hang on a Minute Mate 23 Are you aware of the law regarding warrants of fitness for motor vehicles?
1983 N.Z. Official Yearbk. xiii. 371 Most lightweight vehicles are required to have a warrant of fitness which can be issued at approved garages, or at testing stations operated by local authorities or the Ministry of Transport.
III. ? Concrete uses of sense 2.† 17. Archery. (See quot. 1688). Obsolete.
16. northern. ‘A mill-dam in a stream’ ( Eng. Dial. Dict.). Now written warren.
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the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > artificially confined water > contrivance for impounding water > dam > types of
mill-dam1182
warrant1406
pond head1465
coffer-dam1736
batardeau1767
gather-dam1768
frame dam1774
crib-dam1816
shutter-dama1884
suddc1900
needle gate1909
check-dam1936
gravity dam1940
1406–7 in J. Raine Charters Priory Finchale (1837) p. cxxxvii In expensis pro le warand pro defensione molendini et fleme.
1457–8 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1901) III. 637 Et sol. eisdem operantibus apud le Warraunte Molendini Abbathie.
1531–2 in J. Raine Durham Househ. Bk. (1844) 82 Ad molendinum de Sheylez,..super le warrant ibidem.
1901 J. T. Fowler in Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham III. 984 (Gloss.) Warraunte. Millers in Durham and North Yorkshire say that the ‘Warrant’ is the mill-dam, and that it is pronounced War'n'... So Halliwell, ‘Warren-head, A dam across a river in the more northern parts of Northumberland’.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > archer's weapons > [noun] > bow > knot in bow
warrant1688
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xvii. 117/1 The Warrants, are Knots in a Bow, which are left strong there for the securing of it.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
a. (In sense 9.)
warrant-book n.
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1873 Minutes of Evid. Nairne Peerage 14 in Sessional Papers House of Lords (H.L. A) XII. 65 Do you produce from the General Record Office a Warrant Book for Scotland, containing entries of the date of January 1681? I do.
b. (In sense 13.)
warrant-market n.
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1896 Daily News 28 Dec. 3/7 The Cleveland warrant market has been stronger, and 40s. 10d. is asked by sellers.
warrant stock n.
c. (In sense 14.)
warrant machinist n.
ΚΠ
1902 Monthly Rev. Aug. 93 Admiral Melville, in his report dealing with the warrant machinists of the U.S. Navy, says [etc.].
warrant mechanician n.
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1906 Daily Chron. 12 Apr. 6/7 [A stoker] eligible for advancement to the rank of warrant mechanician.
warrant rank n.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer by rank > [noun] > warrant officer > rank of
warrant rank1903
1903 Daily Chron. 9 Nov. 3/2 Boys passing through training ships..can ultimately reach warrant rank.
C2. † warrant-man n. Obsolete (see quot. 1746).† warrant-parol n. Obsolete a judicial sentence given by word of mouth.
warrant card n. a document of authorization and identification carried by police officer.
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society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > proof of identity or authority
warrant card1920
brief1962
society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > personal identification > [noun] > paper or disc
card1749
papers1796
legitimation1870
dog tag1882
identity papers1889
identity certificate1891
identification tag1893
identity card1900
identification1906
identity disc1907
identification disc1914
disca1918
meat ticket1919
warrant card1920
carte d'identité1923
ID1937
ID card1937
reference book1952
1920 H. L. Adam Police Encycl. III. iv. 77 All officers in plain clothes are furnished with a ‘warrant card’, by means of which they can, should they be challenged, at once prove their bona fides.
1933 D. L. Sayers Murder must Advertise xvii. 296 Beware of..the plain-clothes cop without a warrant-card.
1983 R. Allason Branch xii. 169 He stresses to newcomers to the Branch that they hold the same warrant cards as the rest of the Metropolitan Police.
warrant chief n. /ˈwɒrn̩t tʃiːf/,
Brit. /ˈwɒrənt tʃiːf/
, /ˈwɒrənt tʃiːf//ˈwɒrn̩t tʃiːf/U.S. /ˈwɔrənt ˌtʃif/
, /ˈwɔrənt ˌtʃif/West African English /ˈwarant ˌtʃif/
in Nigeria, an African local official, esp. (formerly) one appointed by the colonial power.ΘΚΠ
society > authority > office > holder of office > public officials > [noun] > Nigerian official
warrant chief1922
1922 S. M. Grier Rep. Eastern Provinces by Secretary for Native Affairs 5 The Native Court Clerk..conveys to the warrant chiefs instructions sent from the Divisional Officer.
1957 W. M. Hailey Afr. Surv. (rev. ed.) viii. 465 The members of these Councils, who came to be known as Warrant Chiefs, were selected from villages within the Council or Court area.
1976 Daily Times (Lagos) 12 Oct. 5/2 The role of some warrant chiefs in the selection of the new Owa of Indanre was consistent with the chieftaincy regulations.
warrant holder n. a tradesman who has written authority to supply goods to the household of the king or a member of the royal family.
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society > trade and finance > selling > seller > [noun] > professional > one authorized to supply royalty
warrant holder1893
1893 Daily News 12 June 5/8 The Association of her Majesty's and the Prince and Princess of Wales's Warrant Holders.
ΚΠ
1746 Rep. Committees Ho. of Comm. II. 100 But the real Charge being greater, as there are a Number of fictitious Names allowed upon the Muster Rolls by Warrant, called Warrant-men.
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > sentencing > [noun] > sentence > given by word of mouth
warrant-parol1609
ore tenusa1631
1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. 363 And by this warrant~parol [L. hoc elogio] the eloquent man lost his life.
Derivatives
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the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > [noun] > guaranteeing or pledging
again-behotinga1382
warrantisec1440
warrantisingc1450
acquitc1460
pledging1538
guaranty1592
oppignoration1592
hedginga1631
stipulation1648
warrantship1702
hedge1736
guarantee1786
1702 H. Maxwell Anguis in Herba 63 There is but one way to warrant this Peace; and that is, we must enter into a League of Warrantship with the Emperor, the Empire, the Dutch, and all other Nations.
Draft additions 1993
Anglo-Irish. With preceding adjective (esp. good or great): a person who may be relied upon to do something to the extent specified.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > faithfulness or trustworthiness > [noun] > person or thing > person
truelOE
true mana1225
trusty1570
warrant1832
sea-green incorruptible1837
Honest John1855
Boy Scout1918
straight arrow1969
1832 W. H. Maxwell Wild Sports of West II. xxxii. 101 Father Patt gave me a tumbler of rael stiff punch, and the divil a better warrant to make the same was within the province of Connaught.
1902 W. B. Yeats Where there is Nothing (1903) iv. i. 76 No, but you were the best warrant to set a snare that ever I came across.
1907 J. M. Synge Playboy of Western World i. 3 And he a great warrant to tell stories of holy Ireland till he'd have the old women shedding down tears about their feet.
1931 ‘F. O'Connor’ Guests of Nation 3 She was a great warrant to scold, and crotchety even with us.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
warrantn.2
/ˈwɒrənt/, /ˈwɒrn̩t/, U.S. /ˈwɔrənt/ Mining.
Under-clay.
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the world > the earth > minerals > mineral deposits > features of stratum or vein > [noun] > material below > below coal
thill1329
underclay1660
sloom1803
underclift1840
warrant1847
swad1860
spavin1870
undercliff1883
under-earth1883
1847–89 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Warrant, the bottom of a coal-pit.
1871 A. H. Green et al. Coal (Manch. Sci. Lect., Ser. ii) 5 I think in Lancashire that you know it [the under-clay] by the name of ‘warrant’, or ‘seat earth’.
1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining Warrant; Warren or Warren Earth.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
† warrantadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Warring, conflicting.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > [adjective] > mutually opposed
contrarious1340
contrariant1560
interfering1580
warrant1606
contrarying1628
antipathizinga1640
clashing1660
jarring1661
conflicting1749
colliding1768
conflictive1846
conflictory1859
1606 W. Warner Continuance Albions Eng. xv. c. 396 How many seuerall Lawes at once had Britaine long agoe? The Britons theirs, the Romanes theirs, the Picts and Scots also... But that I know be lawes in force for Sabbaths, feasts of Saints, For Fasts, for Vagrants,..I should haue thought those too prophane and warrant lawes had bin, So common and so vncontrould is sufferance of such sin.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
warrantv.
/ˈwɒrənt/, /ˈwɒrn̩t/, U.S. /ˈwɔrənt/ a. transitive. To keep safe from danger, to protect. Const. from. Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > protect or defend [verb (transitive)]
shieldc825
frithc893
werea900
i-schield971
berghOE
biwerec1000
grithc1000
witec1000
keepc1175
burghena1225
ward?c1225
hilla1240
warrantc1275
witiec1275
forhilla1300
umshadea1300
defendc1325
fendc1330
to hold in or to warrantc1330
bielda1350
warisha1375
succoura1387
defencea1398
shrouda1400
umbeshadow14..
shelvec1425
targec1430
protect?1435
obumber?1440
thorn1483
warrantise1490
charea1500
safeguard1501
heild?a1513
shend1530
warrant1530
shadow1548
fence1577
safekeep1588
bucklera1593
counterguard1594
save1595
tara1612
target1611
screenc1613
pre-arm1615
custodite1657
shelter1667
to guard against1725
cushion1836
enshield1855
mind1924
buffer1958
c1275 Five Joys of the Virg. 9 in Old Eng. Misc. 89 Bidde we vre louerd crist þat hire warantye.
c1290 Magdalen 40 in S. Eng. Leg. 463 Iesu crist of heouene of heom habbe merci And for is names seouene fram helle heom waraunti!
c1386 G. Chaucer Pardoner's Tale Prol. 10 Oure lige lordes seel on my patente That shewe I first my body to warente.
a1400 Guy Warw. 4415 Seþþe þou no miȝt nouȝt waranti me, Whar-to schuld y serui þe.
a1400 K. Alis. (Laud) 2131 Alisaunder..bad hem be hardy & noþing drede He wolde hem warant in euery nede.
a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) ii If he hath a deere þat be his felawe, he leueth hym to þe houndes in entente, þat he may warrant hymselfe.
a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Merlin (1904) I. l. 3498 What good man was he That from the deth warawnted the?
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) viii. l. 978 Wictaill as than was nayne left in the land Bot in houssis quhar it mycht be warrand.
1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) ii. 507 For he Thaim fra thar fais mycht nocht warand, Thai turnyt to the tother hand.
1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes i. x. 28 Iulius cesar yt for to waraunt his owne lyf sauf dide swimme in ye see.
1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) i. 19 Hym I beseche to kepe and waraunt thee..from evyl.
a1500 (?c1450) Merlin ii. 29 Yef ye will leve me, ye shal warant youre owen lyves.
1570 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xix. 14 This commoun weill quhat wicht sal now warrand, Sen he is gone, that Gouernd vs befoir.
1590 R. Harvey Plaine Percevall sig. B4v We shall speake so long of the diuell in iest, that he shall come amongst vs in good earnest: God warrant vs.
a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. iii. 5 Clo. Doth my simple feature content you? Aud. Your features, Lord warrant vs: what features? View more context for this quotation
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > of armour: protect [verb (transitive)]
warrantc1475
c1475 Partenay 2237 A paynym to smyte went he forth Anon, hym not warented harnes ne helme Aboute.
a1500 (?c1450) Merlin x. 162 He..smote a knyght so sore that ther was noon armoure myght hym warante.
c1500 Melusine (1895) xxi. 136 For hys harneys coude neuer waraunt hym.
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1586 Earl of Leicester Corr. (1844) 431 For who can warrant these villaines from her [Q. Eliz.], if that person [Mary Q. Scots] liue, or shall liue, anie time?
2. Law.† b. To be surety for. Obsolete.
a. To guarantee the security of (land, possessions to a person).
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the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > pledge or deposit as security [verb (transitive)] > be or give surety for > the security of something to a person
acquit1396
to warrant, acquit, and defend1396
warrant1406
1406 in Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 1427 17/2 I oblis me my ayris to kep and warand and defende tha said landis to the said Jon.
1440 in Cartul. S. Nicholai Aberdon. (New Spalding Club) I. 11 And I..all ye forsaid landes..againis all dedelik sal warand acquit and defend for evyr.
c1450 Godstow Reg. 82 The forseyd Dame Margery..warentyd the fore-seyd ij acris of londe..to the for-seyd Richard..a-geynst all pepull.
1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 47 §1 You..be not bounden to warant the seid Manoris..by reason of any warantye comprised in the same lettres patentes.
1551 Rental Bk. Cupar Angus (1880) II. 71 We..sall warrand, acquiet, and defend this our present assedatioun,..to the saidis personis.
1564 Abstr. Protocols Town Clerks Glasgow (1896) III. 50 Robert sall warrande the saidis reversioune..fre of all byrwnnyn annuallis.
a1571 J. Jewel Viewe Seditious Bul (1582) 47 Was not the crown due to hir [Elizabeth]..by the laws of this Realme? Did not hir Father warrante it to hir by Wil, as to his daughter?
1628 in W. Cramond Ann. Banff (1891) I. 58 He to..warrand the grein yeird and ground thereof to be uncassin up or riwin or away carried.
1642 tr. J. Perkins Profitable Bk. ii. §176. 78 If this acre bee warranted unto them, this warranty is good.
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the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > pledge or deposit as security [verb (transitive)] > be or give surety for
wage1362
awarranta1400
pledge?a1439
warrant1478
to seal under1523
warrantise?1533
borrow1609
undertake1609
suretya1616
stipulate1737
guaranty1753
guarantee1797
1478 Acta Dom. Conc. (1839) 6/1 Gife þe said ser Johne has ony vþer to warand him, he sall haue priuilege to call þat warand.
1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 15 Gif anie thing thifteouslie stollen, is challenged be anie man; and he quha is challenged, alledges ane Priest for his warant; and the Priest will willinglie warant the samine.
c. To give warranty of (title); to give warranty of title to (a person). Also with the land as object. Cf. to vouch to warrant at vouch v. 1a.
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society > law > transfer of property > transfer [verb (transitive)] > make title or possession secure
warrant?1475
firm1530
?1475 in C. L. Kingsford Stonor Lett. & Papers (1919) I. 159 Yowre masterchyp muste warent hym agaynst al men.
1480 Acta Dom. Conc. (1839) 51/2 Þe said vmfra sall warand þe said macolme þe said landis of W.
1488 Acta Dom. Audit. (1839) 123/2 He haid deliuerit þe said malez to him, and þerfore askit him to Werrand him þerintill.
1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) f. xiiv He oughte to warrant hys tenaunte whan he is enpleded of the landes holden of hym.
1579 Rastell's Expos. Termes Lawes (new ed.) 53 b Where..the tenaunt in hys aunswere and plee, voucheth or calleth for anie manne to warrant his title.
1845 J. Williams Real Prop. Law (1877) 45 The tenant then alleged that this third person had warranted the title.
3. figurative.1809 S. T. Coleridge Friend 19 Oct. 150 I could almost venture to warrant our Patriot's publications innoxious.1865 W. G. Palgrave Narr. Journey through Arabia II. 176 I would not warrant the numerical precision of this statement.
a. With object and complement or infinitive: To guarantee (goods, an article sold or made) to be of the quality, quantity, etc. specified.
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the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > promise or vow [verb (transitive)] > guarantee > guarantee quality of goods, etc.
warrant1387
1387 in J. D. Marwick Charters Edinb. (1871) 36 The qwilke werke the forsaide masounys sal warande watir thicht.
1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope iii This Ryche man thenne sold his oylle to the marchaunts and waraunted eche toune al ful.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 771/2 I warant, as a marchaunt, or seller dothe his ware that it is good. Je pleuuis.
1602 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law i. 4 If a mans seruant sell to one certaine clothe, and warrant it to bee of a certaine length the Action will lye against the Maister onely.
1604 Penniles Parl. Threed-bare Poets in Iacke of Dover Quest of Inquirie sig. F3 Bow Bell in Cheapeside (if they breake not) shall bee warrented by Letters pattentes to ring well.
1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews I. i. xv. 112 Perhaps you may sell them by advertising the Manuscript Sermons of a Clergyman lately deceased, all warranted Originals, and never printed . View more context for this quotation
1789 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Glocestershire I. 331 ‘Will you warrant them siddow [= tender]?’ is the ordinary question asked on buying peas for boiling.
1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) v. 46 ‘Not the slightest fear, Sir,’ interposed the hostler. ‘Warrant him quiet, Sir.’
1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xxix. 289 One French roll rasped, one egg new laid (or warranted to be).
1886 C. Scholl Phraseol. Dict. II. 832 Warranted free from adulteration.
1886 C. Scholl Phraseol. Dict. II. 832 The colors of all stuffs warranted fast.
b. To promise under guarantees.
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the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > promise or vow [verb (transitive)] > guarantee
fast?a1160
pledge?a1439
assure1447
ensure1460
avouch1548
ratify1599
seal1628
underwrite1838
warrant1849
1849 J. H. Freese Commerc. Class-bk. 63 Ship warranted to sail on or before 10th August next.
1886 C. Scholl Phraseol. Dict. II. 832 We warrant the vessel will be loaded by the time specified.
4. To guarantee as true, make oneself answerable for (a statement).† e. To promise or predict as certain. Also, of a thing: To be a sure presage of. Obsolete.† f. To undertake, pledge oneself to do something. Also with neuter pronoun as object. Obsolete. rare.
a. with clause as object. Chiefly in phrase I warrant, I will (I'll) warrant, often used colloquially as a mere expression of strong belief = ‘I'll be bound’.
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13.. Northern Passion 245/39* Þe knightes said: ‘we will warand þat ioseph es in his awind land.’
a1400 Coer de L. 3523 Kyng Richard schal waraunt, There is no flesch so noryssaunt,..As the hed off a Sarezyn.
c1400 Ywaine & Gaw. 1049 Madame, sho said, i dar warand A genteler lord es none lifand.
c1440 York Myst. xxxiii. 384 He swounes or sweltes, I swarand.
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxiii. 303 Haue here the draght..And I shall warand it is not swete.
c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) li. 172 Or it be halfe a yere past I waraunt thou shalt haue a horse.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) ii. i. 71 I warrant he hath a thousand of these Letters. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iii. iii. 155 Ile warrant wee'le vnkennell the Fox. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iv. v. 104 And haue not they suffer'd? Yes, I warrant . View more context for this quotation
1677 Lady Chaworth in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. v. 37 All from Court say the House will infailibly sit, but none dares warrant how long.
1715 D. Defoe Family Instructor I. i. iv. 103 I warrant she kissed thee.
1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews I. iv. v. 200 He..refused, saying he could walk by its side, and he'd warrant he kept with it. View more context for this quotation
1786 R. Burns Poems 33 Dempster, a true-blue Scot I'se warran.
1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho III. ii. 39 I heard one of the soldiers..say to his comrade, that he would warrant they'd bring home a rare deal of booty.
1860 C. Dickens Uncommerc. Traveller in All Year Round 5 May 86/1 Some chapel where she comforts herself with brimstone doctrine, I warrant.
1864 Ld. Tennyson Enoch Arden in Enoch Arden, etc. 46 I warrant, man, that we shall bring you round.
b. with object and complement, infinitive, or clause; also with ellipsis of the complement. archaic.
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the mind > language > statement > assurance, confirmation, or guarantee > assure, confirm, or guarantee [verb (transitive)] > with object and complement, infinitive or clause
warrant1377
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xviii. 46 ‘Crucifige,’ quod a cacchepolle ‘I warante hym a wicche’.
c1440 York Myst. xxix. 373 I warande hym wakande.
a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Fiv Nay fole I warant her blode warme.
?1533 W. Tyndale Expos. Mathew vii. f. cvij I warrant him synge masse on the next daye after as well as he dyd before.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) v. ii. 108 A Noble Fellow I warrant him. View more context for this quotation
1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. 81 I will warrant her a good Huswife, quoth he to himself. View more context for this quotation
1751 F. Coventry Hist. Pompey the Little i. xi. 100 Why don't they send out V-rn-n with a strong Fleet..? I warrant him,..he would not leave a Harbour or a Ship in France.
1884 Ld. Tennyson Becket v. ii. 183 Becket. Doth he remember me? Rosamund. I warrant him.
c. with neuter pronoun as object (sometimes pleonastic). Now dialect.
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a1400 Sir Perc. 1843 Here mone I stande, For a faute that he fande, That salle I warande Is my moste mone.
1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 122 Thow art vncourtes, that sall I warrand.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. iv. 59 Nay Ile not warrant that: for I can speake Against the thing I say. View more context for this quotation
1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 228 They told me, like Seamen, they'd warrant it they would come off again.
1877 F. Ross et al. Gloss. Words Holderness at Wand it He'll come tiv a bad end yan o' these days, Ah'll wand it he will.
d. With noun as object: To vouch for the truth of (an opinion).
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > attest, bear witness [verb (transitive)] > furnish evidence, vouch for
verifyc1449
warrantc1480
able?1489
witness1526
support1581
license1694
vouch1755
c1480 (a1400) St. Clement 648 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 391 Opunyonys ware sere..bot I dare nane of þame warand.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > portend, betoken [verb (transitive)]
betokenc1275
bode1387
prognostica1400
pretend1402
prognosticate?a1425
ossc1450
importc1487
prognostify1495
protendc1554
presage1562
abode1573
boden1573
denounce1581
importune1590
prejudicate1595
foretoken1598
ominate1598
auspicate1604
divine1607
foredeem1612
warranta1616
augur1630
preaugurate1635
prewarna1637
prenote1641
preominate1646
forespeak1667
omen1697
betidea1799
bespeak1851
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > certain prospect or possession > make sure, secure [verb (transitive)]
fand1307
firm1530
to make sure1565
secure1601
warranta1616
assure1622
incertain1628
insure1686
sickera1693
ensure1744
seal1810
guarantee1820
ice1908
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) ii. v. 95 True; and thou seest, that I no Issue haue, And that my fainting words doe warrant death. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) v. vii. 46 Beside, his wealth doth warrant a liberal dower. View more context for this quotation
1639 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1907) I. 106 My frenchman..tells me he will warrant I shall speak it [French] perfectly before we draw into the field!
1662 R. Mathews Unlearned Alchymist (new ed.) 160 He..willed me to get good Oyl of Amber, and drink three or four drops in the morning fasting, and he would warrant my recovery.
1821 W. Scott Kenilworth II. vi. 158 ‘My son,’ replied the astrologer, ‘let me remind you, I warranted not his death.’
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > promise or vow [verb (transitive)] > pledge or undertake to give or do
sweara1154
fast?a1160
plightc1275
givec1300
undertake1393
strokea1400
warranta1400
foldc1400
pledge?a1439
affiance1523
pass1528
betroth1573
assume1602
impawna1628
gagea1642
spond1698
guarantee1820
vouch1898
a1400 Seuyn Sages (W.) 111 Bot for to lere him I warand, Als mekil als he mai vnderstand.
c1440 York Myst. xix. 355 Cayph. Ȝa, and felawes, wayte þat he be ay wakand. ii Miles. Ȝis lorde, þat warant will wee!
1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 630/1 Yet hys grace and good wyll he hath warraunted neuer to take from them.
5.
a. To give (a person) assurance of a fact. Chiefly in I (I'll) warrant you, used colloquially = ‘I warrant’ in 4a.
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the mind > language > statement > assurance, confirmation, or guarantee > assure, confirm, or guarantee [verb (transitive)] > a person
sicker1297
ensurec1385
behightc1386
promise1469
insurea1500
warranta1529
resolve1567
a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Biii I shall the warent As longe as I lyue thou haste an heyre parent.
1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes xiv. 19/2 There be many such I warrant you yt neuer cum to light.
1601 B. Jonson Fountaine of Selfe-love iv. i. sig. G3 The very Marchpane of the Court I warrant ? View more context for this quotation
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 454 I warrant you (sayd he) I shal lodge him well enough.
1670 J. Eachard Grounds Contempt of Clergy 13 A forward Boy, cries the School-Master..He proves a brave Clergy-man, I'le warrant you.
1689 R. Milward Selden's Table-talk 17 I..warranted him, if he would follow my directions, to Cure him in a short time.
1711 E. Budgell Spectator No. 77. ⁋6 I warrant you he is now thrusting his short Face into some Coffee-house about 'Change.
1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 26 I warrant him, let us but go up the Height of St. Helena, we will soon reach the Rio de la Plata.
1777 S. Johnson Let. 25 Oct. (1992) III. 88 Cicely, I warrant you, will do well enough.
1799 R. Southey To Spider iv I'll warrant thee thou'lt drain His life-blood dry.
1826 W. Scott Woodstock I. xi. 269 Sent him to share with us, I'se warrant ye.
1835 J. Poole Sketches & Recoll. I. 37 ‘He be vive mile off by now.’ ‘You are certain of that?’ ‘I warrant 'ee, zur.’ At this assurance I felt a throb of joy.
1860 W. W. Reade Liberty Hall, Oxon. II. 136 Many's the horn of old Pharoah ale have I mopped up in their brick floor kitchens, I warrant 'ee.
b. I warrant me (originally quasi-archaic) = ‘I warrant’, ‘I'll be bound’.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > statement > assurance, confirmation, or guarantee > [phrase]
witc900
hightOE
to stand for it?a1500
take my word for it1576
I protest1587
I warrant me1825
1825 W. Scott Talisman v, in Tales Crusaders IV. 72 And I warrant me thou would'st have another in requital, ha?
1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey IV. vi. i. 23 No enemy with the girls, I warrant me.
6. † b. with clause as object or with object and complement. Obsolete.
a. To attest the truth or authenticity of; to authenticate.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > rule of law > [verb (transitive)] > validate or ratify
confirmc1290
affirma1325
authorize1431
corrobore1485
stable1501–2
find1512
corroborate1530
authenticate1555
warrant1598
validatea1648
convalidate1656
execute1737
enforce1756
homologatea1765
sanction1778
formalize1855
1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie iii. x. sig. H4 At least what ere he sayes Is warranted by Curtaine plaudeties.
1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing iv. i. 168 Trust not..my obseruations, Which with experimental seale doth warrant The tenure of my booke:..If this sweete ladie lie not guiltlesse here. View more context for this quotation
1600 Readinge of Banes (Harl. 2013) in Chester Myst. (1818) 3 This moonke..In pagentes set fourth..The olde and newe testament..Interminglinge there with..Some things not warranted by any writt.
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 8 I purpose to write nothing which is not warranted..by Letters interchanged betweene the States of England and Ireland, or like authenticall writings.
1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi iv. §2. 72 The truth of it was never questioned, but warranted by all antiquitie.
1647 Prol. to Fletcher & Massinger's False One in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. sig. Ss4/1 New Titles, warrant not a Play for new, The subject being old.
1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης xi. 109 Antiquity that adds or varies from the Scripture, is no more warranted to our safe imitation then what was don..at Trent.
1700 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding (new ed.) iv. xix. 427 Reason warrants it, and we may safely receive it for true.
1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. xxiii. 305 Wherever any capital offence is charged, the same law requires that the accusation be warranted by the oath of twelve men, before the party shall be put to answer it.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xix. 287 That it [his confession] was genuine could not be doubted: for it was warranted by the signatures of some of the most distinguished military men living.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > attest, bear witness [verb (transitive)] > support, corroborate > on basis of truth
verify1525
soothea1556
vouch1591
warrant1605
1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. B4v Experience doth warrant, that both in persons and in times, there hath beene a meeting, and concurrence in learning and Armes. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) ii. vii. 71 A thousand oathes, an Ocean of his teares,..Warrant me welcome to my Protheus.
1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet Healths Improvem. xi. 104 Experience warranteth them [sc. Martinets] a dainty and good meat.
a. To furnish (a person) with a guarantee or assurance. Const. of, or with subordinate clause. Obsolete.
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the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > pledge or deposit as security [verb (transitive)] > furnish with a pledge
warrant1548
1548 E. Gest Treat. againste Masse sig. Kii The cause why..they sacrifyce and praye for thee dead, was..partly to assure & warrant the suruyuers at the remembraunce of the good & blesful estate of the deceased.
1569 T. Newton tr. Cicero Worthye Bk. Olde Age 23 Young men also are subject to the same, and cannot warrant themselves of health, no more than old men can.
1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxvii. 175 They being the first that were commaunded to receiue from him, the first which were warranted by his promise that [etc.].
a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) i. i. 139 And happy were I in my timelie death, Could all my trauells warrant me they liue. View more context for this quotation
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the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > promise or vow [verb (transitive)] > guarantee > a person something
warrant1548
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. viiiv The Duke biddyng him to be of good comfort and out of fear warranted him his lyfe.
1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 488 Warrantyng him a famous victorie.
1574 A. Golding tr. A. Marlorat Catholike Expos. Reuelation 6 For what can a man find in worldly writers too warrant himselfe saluation by?
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 7 No worldly corner can theym securitye warrant.
1662 Pagitt's Heresiogr. Ep. Ded. Your present annual authority cannot warrant your Lordship that effect..which might be expected.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > certain prospect or possession > make sure, secure [verb (transitive)] > secure to someone
sure1418
ascertain1563
warrant1613
ensure1770
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 163 He had great authority ouer all Congregations of Israelites, warranted to him with the Amirs seale.
8. To guarantee the security or immunity of (a person or thing). Const. from, for (= from), against. Now rare. Cf. sense 1.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > safety > make safe or secure [verb (transitive)] > assure (a person) of safety
sicker1297
warrant1530
bail1587
the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > protect or defend [verb (transitive)]
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warrantc1275
witiec1275
forhilla1300
umshadea1300
defendc1325
fendc1330
to hold in or to warrantc1330
bielda1350
warisha1375
succoura1387
defencea1398
shrouda1400
umbeshadow14..
shelvec1425
targec1430
protect?1435
obumber?1440
thorn1483
warrantise1490
charea1500
safeguard1501
heild?a1513
shend1530
warrant1530
shadow1548
fence1577
safekeep1588
bucklera1593
counterguard1594
save1595
tara1612
target1611
screenc1613
pre-arm1615
custodite1657
shelter1667
to guard against1725
cushion1836
enshield1855
mind1924
buffer1958
the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > pledge or deposit as security [verb (transitive)] > be or give surety for > the security of (a person or thing)
warrant1530
counter-secure1667
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 772/1 I warrant one to save him harmlesse. Je garantis..I wyll gyve hym twenty pounde that dare warrante me.
1560 Ld. Montague tr. J. Fisher Godlie Treat. Prayer sig. D4v For in this lyfe no man ought to warrant and assure hym selfe, and lyue thereby out of feare.
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cclxviij That the women & maydens are wickedly defloured, [etc.]..Where the Emperour hath warraunted them for Religion, it is but dissimulation.
1586 G. Pettie & B. Yong tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (rev. ed.) iv. f. 190v I doe not thinke that our Cauallero, could be exempted or warranted from this fault.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. i. 44 I'le warrant him for drowning, though the Ship were no stronger then a Nutt-shell. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iv. iv. 3 An. [to jailor] I will not breake away, Ile giue thee ere I leaue thee so much money To warrant thee as I am rested for. View more context for this quotation
1627 T. May tr. Lucan Pharsalia (new ed.) v. I 3 b Spread sailes, and if the sky Warrant thee not to goe for Italy, Ile warrant thee.
1642 T. Fuller Holy State v. vii. 385 He had so cunningly contrived his plots, as to warrant himself against all events.
1648 tr. J.-F. Senault Paraphr. Job 339 Consider that it [Heaven] is so high, that they cannot assault it, that the distance which seperates it from us, warrants it from all our attempts.
1664 N. Ingelo Bentivolio & Urania: 2nd Pt. vi. 373 [They] think they have sufficiently warranted their present Sensuality against all just Reproof.
1683 Apol. Protestants France vi. 82 Thus they had only promis'd to warrant Jerome of Prague, from violence, and not from the arrests of Justice.
1821 W. Scott Kenilworth II. ii. 22 He bore..the higher share in Elizabeth's favour, though..by no means so decidedly expressed as to warrant him against the final preponderance of his rival's pretensions.
1831 G. P. R. James Philip Augustus xxxix Let him come! I will warrant him from harm or from injustice.
1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country ii. 108 Like some kindly weathercock Which, stuck fast at Set Fair, Favonian Breeze, Still warrants you from rain.
9. † b. to warrant out: to claim licence for (one's action). Obsolete (? nonce-use.)† c. To license for printing. Obsolete.
a. To give (a person) warrant or authority, authorize (to do something); to authorize, sanction (a course of action).
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society > authority > delegated authority > investing with delegated authority > vest authority in a person [verb (transitive)] > invest a person with authority
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society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > permit [verb (transitive)] > permit authoritatively
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society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > justification > justify [verb (transitive)] > justify or sanction
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1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 77v Doth his preheminence in the court warrant him to oppresse the poore by might and acquite him of punishment?
1583 Ld. Burghley Execution of Iustice sig. B.iii Al..are..warranted to disobey her and her laws.
1592 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha (rev. ed.) i. ix. 41 The forme of their Commission was enlarged, so as they..were..warranted also to arrest Felons that were indited.
1625 F. Bacon Apophthegmes §242. 264 Marius did Denison them all, for Cittizens of Rome, though there was no Law to warrant it.
1642 D. Rogers Naaman 436 The Lord warrants us to suspect the inconstant.
1649 G. Langbaine Answer Vniv. Oxford 16 But onely such just Power as they are by Law..warranted unto.
1678 G. Mackenzie Laws & Customes Scotl. i. 8 Nor can the Council, by their Acts, warrand any to do what would be otherwise a Crime.
1685 London Gaz. No. 2031/4 But even in the Business of the Excise and Militia..I am warranted to go the greatest lengths for your ease and conveniency that the nature of these things can bear.
1859 Keble in J. O. Johnston Life & Lett. J. P. Liddon (1904) 47 What most perplexes me is some names in the list of those who have warranted this step.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > justification > justify [verb (transitive)] > claim or find justification for
warrant1612
to warrant out1616
1616 B. Jonson Cynthias Revels (rev. ed.) v. i, in Wks. I. 235 Though Mercvrie can warrant out His vnder-takings, and make all things good, Out of the powers of his diuinitie.
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society > communication > printing > publishing > publish [verb (transitive)] > license for printing
warrant1628
1628 W. Laud Diary 12 June in Wks. (1853) III. 207 I was complained of by the House of Commons for warranting Doctor Manwaring's sermons to the press.
d. To authorize (a payment).
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society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > permit [verb (transitive)]
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i-unneeOE
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1662 W. Petty Treat. Taxes 34 Why might not another take much more than 100l. at London for warranting the like sum to be paid at Carlisle on a certain day.
1804 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. IV. 310 The donee of the power may make any lease or grant, provided it does not exceed the utmost extent of interest that the power warrants.
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society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)]
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1632 P. Massinger Emperour of East Prol. at Blackfriars sig. A4 But that imperious custome warrants it, Our Author with much willingnes would omit This Preface to his new worke.
11. † d. To justify by appeal to authority or evidence, to find warrant for. Obsolete.
a. Of things: To furnish good and sufficient grounds for (a course of action); to render allowable, justify.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > justification > justify [verb (transitive)] > justify or sanction > specifically of things
authorize1589
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warrant1654
exculpate1706
1654 J. Bramhall Just Vindic. Church of Eng. i. 2 Henry the Eighth..pursued but..a way warranted by the practice of the most Christian Emperours of old.
1675 R. Baxter Catholick Theol. ii. i. 284 They..will know that I have enough to abase me before God and man: But will that warrant a course of lying and backbiting in others?
a1716 R. South Serm. Several Occasions (1744) XI. 302 All which considerations of a danger so..great, are certainly very sufficient to warrant the nicest caution and fearfulness in this case.
1774 Ld. Chesterfield Lett. to Son I. xv. 47 The Rape of the Sabines was more an advantageous than a just measure; yet the utility of it should not warrant its injustice.
1813 C. Lamb Reynolds & Leonardo da Vinci in Wks. (1908) I. 191 The hand was by the boldest licence twice as big as the truth of drawing warranted.
1820 W. Irving Sketch Bk. II. 244 It is impossible to say whether this accusation was warranted by facts.
1833 L. Ritchie Wanderings by Loire 3 Every one has a higher opinion of himself than his station warrants.
1853 C. Brontë Villette I. xiv. 294 It was not my intention to approach or address him in the garden, our terms of acquaintance not warranting such a step.
1879 W. E. Gladstone Gleanings Past Years VI. iv. 238 Our general information..is not sufficient to warrant our giving an immediate opinion on the question.
1883 Manch. Examiner 24 Oct. 4/6 Any advance of wages at present is not warranted by the condition of trade.
b. To justify (a person in or to a course of action).
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society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > justification > justify [verb (transitive)]
righteousOE
betell1048
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honest1598
warrant1671
righta1691
1671 R. McWard True Non-conformist Contents Positive grounds from Scripture warranding Subjects to defend Religion by armes.
1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. i. 2 And in this I am warranted by the example of ancient Rome.
1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 79 From the universality of this magnetic influence, we might, in some degree, be warranted in conjecturing, that [etc.].
1804 J. Abernethy Surg. Observ. 210 I said that I did not think a surgeon warranted in tying the external iliac artery.
1843 J. S. Mill Syst. Logic I. i. iii. §7 We are not warranted in referring our sensations to a cause.
1845 T. W. Coit Puritanism 48 These are ample..to well warrant the Dr. in his conclusion.
1883 League Jrnl. 20 Oct. 657/3 If we could have more earthly enjoyment by shortening life this would not warrant us to shorten it.
c. Of a person: To countenance by one's action or example. ? Obsolete.
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1631 J. Shirley Loves Crueltie (1640) i. ii. B 4 b Warrant not so much ill by your example To those that live beneath you.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > justification > justify [verb (transitive)] > claim or find justification for
warrant1612
to warrant out1616
1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus i. 6 It is no lesse then our dutie to warrant out of this place the marriage of Ministers.
1635 D. Dickson Short Explan. Hebrewes vii. 14. 127 It is not warranded from Scripture; therefore I am not bound to belieue it.
1662 T. Hobbes Mr Hobbes Considered 33 But seeing there is no such word in the Scripture, how will you warrant it from natural reason?
12. To appoint (an officer) by a warrant.
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society > armed hostility > military organization > enlistment or recruitment > appointment to rank > appoint to rank [verb (transitive)] > by a warrant
warrant1746
1746 in W. Thompson Royal Navy-men's Advocate (1757) 32 All Officers were warranted from the Admiralty Board.
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Law. to warrant, acquit (also †acquiet), and defend and variants: to guarantee security of possession to a person or institution by freeing (land, services, etc.) of earlier claims or charges, and promising to protect or vindicate against future claims or claimants. historical (translating charters) in later use. [Compare post-classical Latin warantizare, acquietare, et defendere (13th cent. in English and Scottish sources).]
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the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > pledge or deposit as security [verb (transitive)] > be or give surety for > the security of something to a person
acquit1396
to warrant, acquit, and defend1396
warrant1406
1396 in W. Fraser Memorials Family Wemyss (1888) II. 24 The forsaids tha landys..agane al dedelyke sal warand, aquyte, and defend.
1423 in J. D. Marwick Charters Edinb. (1871) 56 Dene Johne sal warand, acquit, and defende the saide tak..til the said Aldermene.
1475 in W. Fraser Lennox (1874) II. 105 The forsaid..tak..aganys all dedly, we sall warand, acquet, and defende.
1490 in Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1839) I. 133/1 To werrand acquiet & defend to þe said cuthbert..the landis of auchinsell.
1551 Rental Bk. Cupar Angus (1880) II. 71 We..sall warrand, acquiet, and defend this our present assedatioun,..to the saidis personis.
1584 in J. S. Clouston Rec. Earldom of Orkney (1914) 156 To warrand, acquiat, and defend the said nobill Loird.
1650 in J. D. Marwick & R. Renwick Charters Glasgow (1906) II. cxxv. 10 To warrand, acquiet and defend thir presenttis, with the infeftmentis..to the saidis proveist.
a1733 tr. in H. Bourne Hist. Newcastle upon Tyne (1736) 203 I Katherine..all the..Lands.., Rents and Services..to the aforesaid William..will warrant, acquit, and forever defend against all Mankind.
1779 L. Charlton tr. Charter in Hist. Whitby ii. 229 I..will warrant, acquit and defend, against all men and women, for ever, the..mill..to the said Corrector.
1817 J. Corry tr. Charter in Hist. Macclesfield 166 We..all the aforesaid Liberties, Burgages, Lands, and Tenements..to the aforesaid Burgesses..against all people will warrant, acquit, and for ever defend.
1901 W. Farrer Some Court Rolls of Thomas Earl of Lancaster Introd. p. xii [He] acknowledged two oxgangs of land to be the right of Richard, and that he would warrant, acquit and defend those oxgangs against Edmund de Lacy.
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