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3 meanings

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1 —as in:
has a warrant to...

Definition

a document (granting the right to do something)

for example:

a document signed by a judge giving police the right to search a home
a document signed by a judge giving police the right to arrest someone
a document giving someone the right to buy stock shares at a given price by a given date
a voucher documenting the right to receive payment

Do you have a search warrant?

warrant = document giving the right to do the thing just mentioned

Other Uses (with this meaning)

The judge signed an arrest warrant.

warrant = document giving the right to do the thing just mentioned

Before you sign my death-warrant, be sure that you are yourself safe.
Mary Shelley -- Frankenstein

warrant = a document granting the right to do something

Mr. Cheever, have warrants drawn for all of these—arrest for examination.
Arthur Miller -- The Crucible

warrants = documents authorizing something

I think the judge may issue a warrant on this.
Delia Owens -- Where the Crawdads Sing

warrant = a document granting the right to do something

While Brother Gerald was explaining how he couldn't sign the warrant papers seeing as how Rosaleen was nearly deaf, I started for the door.
Sue Monk Kidd -- The Secret Life of Bees

warrant = document authorizing arrest

It doesn't matter; we have a search warrant.
Delia Owens -- Where the Crawdads Sing

warrant = a document granting the right to do something

With a warrant we can search her place for any trace of red fibers that match those found on Chase's clothes.
Delia Owens -- Where the Crawdads Sing

warrant = a document granting the right to do something

PROCTOR, suddenly snatching the warrant out of Cheever's hands: Out with you.
Arthur Miller -- The Crucible

warrant = document authorizing arrest

This warrant's vengeance!
Arthur Miller -- The Crucible

warrant = document authorizing arrest

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2 —as in:
serious enough to warrant surgery

Definition

to justify (make an action reasonable or necessary)

The company's reputation for high-quality products is no longer warranted.

warranted = justified (reasonable)

Other Uses (with this meaning)

She believes the invasion of privacy is warranted to assist in the battle against terrorists.

warranted = justified (reasonable)

Did you not think the nature of her injuries warranted immediate medical attention?
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

warranted = justified

Henry Crawford was at Mansfield Park again the next morning, and at an earlier hour than common visiting warrants.
Jane Austen -- Mansfield Park

warrants = makes reasonable

Although I think hitting a child would be valid grounds for expulsion in other schools, I agree such extreme measures aren't warranted here.
R.J. Palacio -- Wonder

warranted = justified

The attack was so inconsequential, according to the king, that it barely warranted notice.
Kiera Cass -- The Selection

warranted = justified or deserved

"As far as I am concerned," he said, "there's not enough evidence to warrant that conclusion."
Daniel Keyes -- Flowers for Algernon — Novel

warrant = justify

But this is a snobbish objection and not at all warranted by the facts.
Arthur Miller -- The Crucible

warranted = justified

Her ideas are not higher than her own fortune may warrant, but they are beyond what our incomes united could authorise.
Jane Austen -- Mansfield Park

warrant = make reasonable

There was, indeed, so deep a blush over Fanny's face at that moment as might warrant strong suspicion in a predisposed mind.
Jane Austen -- Mansfield Park

warrant = make reasonable

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3 —as in:
I warrant it

Definition

to promise, guarantee, or indicate certainty of something

(seldom used today, but common in classic literature)

I warrant the material is original.

warrant = promise

Other Uses (with this meaning)

It will rain tonight. I warrant it.

warrant = am certain of

I warrant her a woman of good character.

warrant = am certain

The company warrants their product.

warrants = guarantees

I'll warrant him as gentle as a lamb.
William Shakespeare -- Romeo and Juliet

warrant = guarantee (assure you)

She confided to me that she has got her death warrant. Her doctor told her that within a few months, at most, she must die, for her heart is weakening.
Bram Stoker -- Dracula

warrant = guarantee

I cannot swim a stroke, nor could anyone else on this ship, I warrant, except Nat who was born on the water.
Elizabeth George Speare -- The Witch of Blackbird Pond

warrant = guarantee (assure you)

Who, now, that saw him pass in the procession, would think how little while it is since he went forth out of his study—chewing a Hebrew text of Scripture in his mouth, I warrant—to take an airing in the forest!
Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The Scarlet Letter

warrant = assure you

We do know in part what Mr. Ewell did: he did what any God-fearing, persevering, respectable white man would do under the circumstances— he swore out a warrant, no doubt signing it with his left hand, and Tom Robinson now sits before you, having taken the oath with the only good hand he possesses his right hand.
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

warrant = document stating that something happened

The girl will be safe with me, that I warrant.
Elizabeth George Speare -- The Witch of Blackbird Pond

warrant = guarantee (assure you)

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