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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : wawr-uh nt, wor-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɔr ənt, ˈwɒr-



Definition of warrants

Origin :
  • early 13c., "protector, defender," from Old North French warant (Old French garant), from Frankish *warand (cf. Old High German weren "to authorize, warrant," German gewähren "to grant"), from Proto-Germanic *war- "to warn, guard, protect," perhaps from PIE root *wer- "to cover" (cf. Latin vereri "to observe with awe, revere, respect, fear;" Greek ouros "watchman," horan "to see;" Hittite werite- "to see;" see weir).
  • Sense evolved via notion of "permission from a superior which protects one from blame or responsibility" (c.1300) to "document conveying authority" (1510s). A warrant officer in the military is one who holds office by warrant, rather than by commission.
  • noun authorization
  • verb guarantee, justify, authorize
Example sentences :
  • "Writs and warrants may contain errors, but an arrest is an arrest," growled Grab.
  • Extract from : « Homeward Bound » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • It might rain mandamuses and warrants, they had no power to trouble me.
  • Extract from : « Paul Gosslett's Confessions in Love, Law, and The Civil Service » by Charles James Lever
  • Are you aware of any reason for it, or is there any charge against you which warrants this?'
  • Extract from : « Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune » by Charles James Lever
  • But this was the first I had heard definitely of warrants against me in Jamaica.
  • Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
  • And there are warrants out against you here for assaulting the admiral.
  • Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
  • There are warrants out against all the men named in the list.
  • Extract from : « Kilgorman » by Talbot Baines Reed
  • There is little, after all, in existence that warrants lengthy dissertation.
  • Extract from : « Adventures in the Arts » by Marsden Hartley
  • Nothing appears or is recollected that warrants this latter intention.
  • Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918 » by Various
  • The warrants were issued an hour ago—and we've got Mr. Mallalieu already.
  • Extract from : « The Borough Treasurer » by Joseph Smith Fletcher
  • Some of them have testified that all the warrants they held were paid.
  • Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 » by Various

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