Crossword-Solution: WARRANT
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Warrant | n. | That which warrants or authorizes; a commission giving authority, or justifying the doing of anything; an act, instrument, or obligation, by which one person authorizes another to do something which he has not otherwise a right to do; an act or instrument investing one with a right or authority, and thus securing him from loss or damage; commission; authority. |
| Warrant | n. | A writing which authorizes a person to receive money or other thing. |
| Warrant | n. | A precept issued by a magistrate authorizing an officer to make an arrest, a seizure, or a search, or do other acts incident to the administration of justice. |
| Warrant | n. | An official certificate of appointment issued to an officer of lower rank than a commissioned officer. See Warrant officer, below. |
| Warrant | n. | That which vouches or insures for anything; guaranty; security. |
| Warrant | n. | That which attests or proves; a voucher. |
| Warrant | n. | Right; legality; allowance. |
| Warrant | n. | 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. |
| Warrant | n. | To support by authority or proof; to justify; to maintain; to sanction; as, reason warrants it. |
| Warrant | n. | To give a warrant or warranty to; to assure as if by giving a warrant to. |
| Warrant | n. | To secure to, as a grantee, an estate granted; to assure. |
| Warrant | n. | To secure to, as a purchaser of goods, the title to the same; to indemnify against loss. |
| Warrant | n. | To secure to, as a purchaser, the quality or quantity of the goods sold, as represented. See Warranty, n., 2. |
| Warrant | n. | 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. |
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Sentences with WARRANT (5)
The polishing alone of the set cost me eleven pounds—the slabs are the best of their kind, and I can warrant them to resist rain and frost for a hundred years without flying.” “And how much?” “Well, I could add the name, and put it up at Weatherbury for the sum you mention.” “Get it done to-day, and I’ll pay the money now.” The man agreed, and wondered at such a mood in a visitor who wore not a shred of mourning.
First will I call in aid the god himself, Poseidon, from whose altar I was raised, With warrant from the monarch of this land, To parley with you, and depart unscathed.
The citoyenne there,” he added, pointing to the huddled-up bundle of rags by the hearth, “is concocting some delicious soup, I’ll warrant, and my mistress has not tasted food for several hours.” It took Brogard some few moments to consider the question.
Firstly, he pointed out to the Piraeus police that Athens did not come under their jurisdiction, and they had no right to arrest anybody there without a warrant.
Could my weak warrant add security to the inestimable pledge of this holy pilgrim, I would pledge name and fame that Ivanhoe gives this proud knight the meeting he desires.” A crowd of conflicting emotions seemed to have occupied Cedric, and kept him silent during this discussion.
Quotes with WARRANT (3)
Life, if you keep chasing it so hard, will drive you to death. Time - when pursued like a bandit - will behave like one, always remaining one county or one room ahead of you, changing its name and hair color to elude you, slipping out the back door of the motel just as you're banging through the lobby with your newest search warrant, leaving only a burning cigarette in the ashtray to taunt you. At some point you have to stop because it won't. You have to admit that you can't …
You don't need a search warrant to go through someone's trash. Seriously. Once it hits the curb it is totally fair game-you an look it up.
Most of us form estimates of our intelligence, wisdom, and moral fiber that are considerably higher than an objective estimate would warrant; no doubt 90 percent of us think ourselves well above average along these lines.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NYT, Universal, WP, WSJ.
Used 13 times in crossword archives (1985–2019).