Pa. t. and pa. pple. warranted. Forms: 3 warantye, waraunti, 4 waranti, 4–5 warente, 5–6 warent, 4–5 warante, 4–7 warant, 4–6 waraunt, 5–6 warraunt, (6 -e), 5 warawnt, 6–7 warrante, 5– warrant; Sc. and north. 4–5 warand(e, 5 werrand, 6 warrande, (7 pa. pple. warand), 8 warran, 5– warrand (occas. written wand etc.). (early ME. warant, waranti, warand, a. OF. warantir, warandir, dial. variants of g(u)arantir, g(u)arandir (mod.F. garantir) = Pr. garentir, guirentir, Sp., Pg. garantir, It. guarantire, guarentire; a Com. Rom. formation on the sb.: see WARRANT sb.1]
† 1. trans. To keep safe from danger, to protect. Const. from. Obs.
c. 1275. Five Joys of the Virg., 9, in O. E. Misc., 89. Bidde we vre louerd crist þat hire warantye.
c. 1290. Magdalen, 40, in S. Eng. Leg., 463. Iesu crist of heouene of heom habbe merci And for is names seouene fram helle heom waraunti!
13[?]. K. Alis., 2131 (Laud MS.). Alisaunder … bad hem be hardy & noþing drede He wolde hem warant in euery nede.
13[?]. Guy Warw., 4415. Seþþe þou no miȝt nouȝt waranti me, Whar-to schuld y serui þe.
1375. Barbour, Bruce, II. 504. For ho Thaim fra thar fais mycht nocht warand, Thai turnyt to the tothir hand.
c. 1386. Chaucer, Pard. T., Prol. 10. Oure lige lordes seel on my patente That shewe I first my body to warente.
c. 1400. Master of Game (MS. Digby 182), ii. If he hath a deere þat be his felawe, he leueth hym to þe houndes in entente, þat he may warrant hymselfe.
c. 1450. Lovelich, Merlin, 3498. What good Man was he that from the deth warawnted the?
c. 1450. Merlin, ii. 29. Yef ye will leve me, ye shal warant youre owen lyves.
c. 1470. Henry, Wallace, VIII. 978. Wictaill as than was nayne left in the land, Bot in houssis quhar it mycht be warrand.
c. 1489. Caxton, Sonnes of Aymon, i. 19. Hym I beseche to kepe and waraunt thee … from evyl. Ibid. (1489), Faytes of A., I. x. 28. Iulius cesar yt for to waraunt his owne lyf sauf dide swimme in ye see.
1570. Satir. Poems Reform., xix. 14. This commoun weill quhat wicht sal now warrand, Sen he is gone, that Gouernd vs befoir.
1589. R. Harvey, Pl. Perc. (1590), 8. We shall speake so long of the diuell in iest, that he shall come amongst vs in good earnest: God warrant us [they crossed themselves on saying this].
1600. Shaks., A. Y. L., III. iii. 5. Clo[wne]. Doth my simple feature content you? Aud. Your features, Lord warrant vs: what features?
† b. Of armor: to protect physically. Obs.
c. 1450. Merlin, x. 162. He … smote a knyght so sore that ther was noon armoure myght hym warante.
c. 1475. Partenay, 2237. A paynym to smyte went he forth Anon, hym not warented harnes ne helme Aboute.
c. 1500. Melusine, xxi. 136. For hys harneys coude nouer waraunt hym.
† c. With inverted construction: To keep off (enemies) from a person. Obs.
1586. Earl Leycester, Corr. (Camden), 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. a. To guarantee the security of (land, possessions to a person).
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.
c. 1450. Godstow Reg., 2. The forseyd Dame Margery … warentyd the fore-seyd ij acris of londe … to the for-seyd Richard … a-geynst all popull.
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.
1570. Jewel, View Seditious Bull, Wks. 1848, VII. 256. Was not the crown due to her [Elizabeth] … by the laws of this realm? did not her father warrant it to her by will, as his daughter?
1628. in 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. Perkins’ Prof. Bk., ii. § 176. 78. If this acre bee warranted unto them, this warranty is good.
† b. To be surety for. Obs.
1478. [see WARRANT sb.1 4].
1609. Skene, Reg. Mag., 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 obj. Cf. to vouch to warrant: VOUCH v. 1.
1475[?]. Stonor Papers (Camden), 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.
1544. trans. Littleton’s Tenures, 34. He ought to warrante his tenaunt whan he is impleaded of the landes holden of him.
1579. Expos. Terms Law, 53 b. Where … the tenaunt in hys aunswere and plee, voucheth or calleth for anie manne to warrant his title.
1845. Williams, Real Property (1877), 45. The tenant then alleged that this third person had warranted the title.
3. With obj. and complement or inf.: To guarantee (goods, an article sold or made) to be of the quality, quantity, etc. specified.
1387. Charters etc. Edin. (1871), 36. The qwilke werke the forsaide masounys sal warande watir thicht.
1484. Caxton, Fables of Alfonce, iii. This Ryche man thenne sold his oylle to the marchaunts and waraunted eche toune al ful.
1530. Palsgr., 771/2. I warant, as a marchaunt, or seller dothe his ware that it is good. Je pleuris.
1602. Fulbecke, 1st Pt. Parall., 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.
1608. Pennyless Parl. Threadbare Poets, § 23. Bow bell in Cheapside, if it break not, shall be warranted by Letters Pattents to ring well.
1742. Fielding, J. Andrews, I. xvi. Perhaps you may sell them by advertising the manuscript sermons of a clergyman lately deceased, all warranted originals, and never printed.
1789. W. H. Marshall, Glouc., I. 331. ‘Will you warrant them siddow [= tender]?’ is the ordinary question asked on buying peas for boiling.
1837. Dickens, Pickw., v. ‘Not the slightest fear, sir,’ interposed the hostler. ‘Warrant him quiet, sir.’ Ibid. (1848), Dombey, xxix. One French roll rasped, one egg new laid (or warranted to be).
1886. C. Scholl, Phraseol. Dict., II. 832. Warranted free from adulteration. Ibid., The colors of all stuffs warranted fast.
fig. 1809–10. Coleridge, Friend (1866), 131. I could almost venture to warrant our patriot’s publications innoxious.
1865. W. G. Palgrave, Arabia, II. 176. I would not warrant the numerical precision of this statement.
b. To promise under guarantees.
1849. Freese, Comm. 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).
a. with clause as obj. Chiefly in phrase I warrant, I will (I’ll) warrant, often used colloq. as a mere expression of strong belief = ‘I’ll be bound.’
13[?]. Coer de L., 3523. Kyng Richard schal waraunt, There is no flesch so noryssaunt,… As the hed off a Sarezyn.
13[?]. Northern Passion, 245/39*. Þe knightes said: ‘we will warand þat ioseph es in his awind land.’
c. 1400. Ywaine & Gaw., 1049. Madame, sho said, i dar warand A genteler lord es none lifand.
c. 1440. York Myst., xxxiii. 384. He swounes or sweltes, I swarand.
c. 1460. Towneley Myst., xxiii. 484. Haue here the draght … And I shall warand it is not swete.
a. 1533. Ld. Berners, Huon, li. 172. Or it be halfe a yere past I waraunt thou shalt haue a horse.
1598. Shaks., Merry W., II. i. 76. I warrant he hath a thousand of these Letters. Ibid., III. iii. 174. Ile warrant wee’le vnkennell the Fox. Ibid., IV. v. 114. And haue not they suffer’d? Yes, I warrant.
1677. Lady Chaworth, in 12th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm., App. V. 37. All from Court say the House will infailibly sit, but none dares warrant how long.
1715. De Foe, Fam. Instruct., I. iv. (1841), I. 88. I warrant she kissed thee.
1742. Fielding, J. Andrews, IV. v. He … refused, saying he could walk by its side, and he’d warrant he kept up with it.
1786. Burns, Earnest Cry & Prayer, xiii. Dempster, a true-blue Scot I’se warran.
1794. Mrs. Radcliffe, Myst. Udolpho, xxvii. I heard one of the soldiers … say to his comrade, that he would warrant they’d bring home a rare deal of booty.
1860. Dickens, Uncomm. Trav., ix. Some chapel where she comforts herself with brimstone doctrine, I warrant.
1864. Tennyson, En. Arden, 847. I warrant, man, that we shall bring you round.
b. with obj. and complement, inf., or clause; also with ellipsis of the complement. arch.
1377. Langl., P. Pl., B. XVIII. 46. ‘Crucifige,’ quod a cacchepolle ‘I warante hym a wicche.’
c. 1440. York Myst., xxix. 373. I warande hym wakande.
c. 1520. Skelton, Magnyf., 1835. Nay fole, I warant her blode warme.
1532. Tindale, Expos. v–vii. Matt. (? 1550), 93. I warrante hym synge masse on the next daye after as wel as he dyd before.
1607. Shaks., Cor., V. ii. 115. A Noble Fellow I warrant him.
1684. Bunyan, Pilgr., II. (1879), 210. I will warrant her a good Huswife, quoth he to himself.
1751. F. Coventry, 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. Tennyson, Becket, V. ii. Becket. Doth he remember me? Rosamund. I warrant him.
c. with neut. pronoun as obj. (sometimes pleonastic). Now dial.
a. 1400. Sir Perc., 1843. Here mone I stande, For a faute that he fande, That salle I warande Is my moste mone.
c. 1475. Rauf Coilȝear, 122. Thow art vncourtes, that sall I warrand.
1603. Shaks., Meas. for M., II. iv. 59. Nay Ile not warrant that: for I can speake Against the thing I say.
1719. De Foe, Crusoe, II. (Globe), 493. They told me, like Seamen, they’d warrant it they would come off again.
1877. Holderness Gloss., s.v. Wand it, He’ll come tiv a bad end yan o’ these days, Ah’ll wand it he will.
d. With sb. as obj.: To vouch for the truth of (an opinion).
c. 1375. Sc. Leg. Saints, xxi. (Clement), 648. Opunyonys ware sere … bot I dare nane of þame warand.
† e. To promise or predict as certain. Also, of a thing: To be a sure presage of. Obs.
1591. Shaks., 1 Hen. VI., II. v. 95. True; and thou seest, that I no Issue haue, And that my fainting words doe warrant death. Ibid., V. v. 46. Beside, his wealth doth warrant a liberal dower.
1639. in Verney Mem. (1907), I. 106. My frenchman … tells me he will warrant I shall speak it [French] perfectly before we draw into the field!
1662. R. Mathew, Unl. Alch., 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. Scott, Kenilw., xviii. ‘My son,’ replied the astrologer, ‘let me remind you, I warranted not his death!
† f. To undertake, pledge oneself to do something. Also with neut. pronoun as obj. Obs. rare.
13[?]. Seuyn Sages (W.), 111. Bot for to lere him I warand, Als mekil als he mai vnderstand.
c. 1440. York Myst., xix. 355. Cayph. Ȝa, and felawes, wayte þat he be ay wakand. ii Miles. Ȝis lorde, þat warant will wee!
1532. More, Confut. Tindale, Wks. 630/1. Yet hys grace and good wyll he hath warr unted neuer to take from them.
5. To give (a person) assurance of a fact. Chiefly in I (I’ll) warrant you, used colloq. = ‘I warrant’ in 4 a.
c. 1520. Skelton, Magnyf., 506. I shall the warent, As long as I lyue, thou haste an heyre parent.
1529. More, Dyal., xiv. 19/2. There be many such I warrant you yt neuer cum to light.
1599. B. Jonson, Cynthia’s Rev., IV. i. The very marchpane of the court, I warrant you?
1632. Lithgow, Trav., X. 454. I warrant you (sayd he) I shal lodge him well enough.
1670. Eachard, Cont. Clergy, 13. A forward boy, (cries the school-master) … he proves a brave clergyman, I’ll warrant you.
1689. Selden’s Table-talk, 17. I … warranted him, if he would follow my directions to Cure him in a short time.
1711. Budgell, Spect., No. 77, ¶ 6. I warrant you he is now thrusting his short Face into some Coffee-house about ’Change.
1725. De Foe, Voy. round World (1840), 25. I warrant him, let us but go up the height of St. Helena, we will soon reach the Rio de la Plata.
1777. Johnson, Lett. to Mrs. Thrale, 25 Oct. Cicely, I warrant you, will do well enough.
1799. Southey, To a Spider, iv. I’ll warrant thee thou’lt drain His life-blood dry.
1826. Scott, Woodst., xi. Sent him to share with us, I’se warrant ye.
1835. J. Poole, Sk. & 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, 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-arch.) = ‘I warrant,’ ‘I’ll be bound.’
1825. Scott, Talism., xviii. And I warrant me thou wouldst have another—in requital, ha?
1826. Disraeli, Viv. Grey, VI. i. No enemy with the girls, I warrant me.
6. To attest the truth or authenticity of; to authenticate.
1598. Marston, Sco. Villanie, X. H 4. At least what ere he sayes Is warranted by Curtaine plaudeties.
1599. Shaks., Much Ado, IV. i. 168. Friar. … Trust not … my obseruations, Which with experimental seale doth warrant The tenure of my booke:… If this sweet Ladie lye not guiltlesse heere.
1600. Chester Pl., Banes, 13. This moonke … In pagentes set fourth … the old and newe testament … Interminglinge therewith … some thinge, not warranted by any writt.
1617. Moryson, Itin., 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.
c. 1620. Fletcher, False One, Prol. New Titles warrant not a Play for new, The Subject being old.
1635. Swan, Spec. M., iv. § 2 (1643), 66. The truth of it was never questioned, but warranted by all antiquitie.
1649. Milton, Eikon., xi. 109. Antiquity that adds or varies from the Scripture is no more warranted to our safe imitation then what was done … at Trent.
1700. Locke, Hum. Und., IV. xix. § 15 (ed. 4), 427. Reason warrants it, and we may safely receive it for true.
1769. Blackstone, Comm., 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. Macaulay, Hist. Eng., xix. IV. 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.
† b. with clause as obj. or with obj. and complement. Obs.
1591. Shaks., Two Gent., II. vii. 71. A thousand oathes, an Ocean of his teares,… Warrant me welcome to my Protheus.
1605. Bacon, Adv. Learn., I. ii. § 2. Experience doth warrant, that both in persons and in times, there hath beene a meeting and concurrence in learning and Armes.
1655. Moufet & Bennet, Health’s Improv. (1746), 189. Experience warranteth them [Martinets] a dainty and good Meat.
† 7. To furnish (a person) with a guarantee or assurance. Const. of, or with subord. clause. Obs.
1548. Geste, Pr. Masse, K ij. 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. Newton, Cicero’s Olde Age, 23. Young men also are subject to the same, and cannot warrant themselves of health, no more than old men can.
1590. Shaks., Com. Err., I. i. 140. And happy were I in my timelie death, Could all my trauells warrant me they liue.
1597. Hooker, Eccl. Pol., V. lxvii. § 4. They being the first that were commaunded to receiue from him, the first which were warranted by his promise that [etc.].
† b. With double obj.: To guarantee or ensure (a person something). Also, to promise (a person something) as certain. Obs.
a. 1548. Hall, Chron. Hen. IV., 8 b. The Duke biddyng him to be of good comfort and out of fear warranted him his lyfe.
1568. Grafton, Chron., II. 488. Warrantyng him a famous victorie.
1574. trans. Marlorat’s Apocalips, 6. For what can a man find in worldly writers too warrant himselfe saluation by?
1582. Stanyhurst, Æneis, I. (Arb.), 25. 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.
† c. To secure (something) to a person. Obs.
1613. Purchas, Pilgrimage (1614), 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.
1530. Palsgr., 772/1. I warrant one to save him harmlesse. Je garantis … I wyll gyve hym twenty pounde that dare warrante me.
1560. J. Fisher’s Godly Treatise, D 4 b. For in this lyfe no man ought to warrant and assure hym selfe, and lyue thereby out of feare.
1560. Daus, trans. Sleidane’s Comm., 268. That the women and maydens are wickedly defloured, [etc.] … Where the Emperour hath warraunted them for Religion, it is but dissimulation.
1586. B. Young, trans. Guazzo’s Civ. Conv., IV. 190 b. I doe not thinke that our Cauallero, could be exempted or warranted from this fault.
1590. Shaks., Com. Err., 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. Ibid. (1610), Temp., I. i. 49. I’le warrant him for drowning, though the Ship were no stronger then a Nutt-shell.
1627. May, Lucan, V. I 3 b. Spread sailes, and if the sky Warrant thee not to goe for Italy, Ile warrant thee.
1642. Fuller, Holy & Prof. St., V. vii. 385. He had so cunningly contrived his plots, as to warrant himself against all events.
1648. trans. Senault’s 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.
1660. Ingelo, Bentiv. & Ur., II. (1682), 213. [They] think they have sufficiently warranted their present Sensuality against all just Reproof.
1683. Apol. Prot. France, vi. 82. Thus they had only promis’d to warrant Jerome of Prague, from violence, and not from the arrests of Justice.
1821. Scott, Kenilw., xiv. 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, Phil. Augustus, xxxix. Let him come! I will warrant him from harm or from injustice.
1873. Browning, Red Cott. Nt.-cap, 1633. Like some kindly weathercock Which, stuck fast at Set-Fair, Favonian Breeze, Still warrants you from rain.
9. To give (a person) warrant or authority, authorize (to do something); to authorize, sanction (a course of action).
1579. Lyly, Euphues, I. (Arb.), 179. Doth his preheminence in the court, warrant him to oppresse the poore by might, and acquit him of punishment?
1581. Lambarde, Eiren., I. ix. (1602), 38. The forme of their commission was enlarged, so as they … were … warranted also to arrest Felons that were indited.
1583. Exec. for Treason (1675), 14. All [are] warranted to disobey her and her Laws.
1624. Bacon, Apophth., § 242 (1625), 264. Marius did Denison them all, for Citizens of Rome, though there was no Law to warrant it.
1642. D. Rogers, Naaman, 436. The Lord warrants us to suspect the inconstant.
1649. [Langbaine], Answ. Univ. Oxf., 16. But onely such just Power as they are by Law … warranted unto.
1678. Sir G. Mackenzie, Crim. Laws Scot., I. i. § iii. (1699), 5. Nor can the Council, by their Acts, warrand any to do what would be otherwise a Crime.
1685. Lond. 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, Liddon (1904), 47. What most perplexes me is some names in the list of those who have warranted this step.
† b. To warrant out: to claim licence for (one’s action). Obs. (? nonce-use.)
1599. B. Jonson, Cynthia’s Rev., V. i. 23. Though Mercurie can warrant out His vnder-takings, and make all things good, Out of the powers of his diuinitie.
† c. To license for printing. Obs.
1628. Laud, Diary, 12 June, 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).
1662. Petty, 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.
1818. Cruise, Digest (ed. 2), IV. 219. 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.
† 10. To direct (a person) authoritatively; to command. Obs. rare.
1631. Massinger, Emperor East, Prol. at Blackfriars, But that imperious custome warrants it, Our Author with much willingnes would omit This Preface to his new worke.
11. Of things: To furnish good and sufficient grounds for (a course of action); to render allowable, justify.
1654. Bramhall, Just Vind., i. (1661), 3. Henry the Eighth … pursued but … a way warranted by the practice of the most Christian Emperors of old.
1675. Baxter, Cath. 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?
a. 1716. South, Serm. (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. trans. Chesterf. Let. to Son, xv. I. 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. Lamb, Reynolds & Leonardo da Vinci, 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. Ritchie, Wand. by Loire, 3. Every one has a higher opinion of himself than his station warrants.
1853. C. Brontë, Villette, xiv. It was not my intention to approach or address him in the garden, our terms of acquaintance not warranting such a step.
1875. Gladstone, Glean. (1879), VI. 238. Our general information … is not sufficient to warrant our giving an immediate opinion on the question.
1883. Manch. Exam., 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).
1671. [R. MacWard], True Nonconf., Contents. Positive grounds from Scripture warranding Subjects to defend Religion by armes.
1765. Blackstone, Comm., I. i. 2. And in this I am warranted by the example of ancient Rome.
1794. R. J. Sulivan, View Nat., II. 79. From the universality of this magnetic influence, we might, in some degree, be warranted in conjecturing, that [etc.].
1804. Abernethy, Surg. Obs., 210. I said that I did not think a surgeon warranted in tying the external iliac artery.
1843. Mill, Logic, 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. ? Obs.
1631. Shirley, Love’s Cruelty, I. ii. (1640), B 4 b. Warrant not so much ill by your example To those that live beneath you.
† d. To justify by appeal to authority or evidence, to find warrant for. Obs.
1612. T. Taylor, Comm. Titus i. 6. It is no lesse then our dutie to warrant out of this place the marriage of Ministers.
1635. D. Dickson, Hebr. vii. 13–15. 127. It is not warranded from Scripture; therefore I am not bound to belieue it.
1662. Hobbes, Consid., 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.
1746. W. Thompson, R. N. Adv. (1757), 32. All Officers were warranted from the Admiralty Board.
