warrant
v.
authorize; justify, entitle; empower; permit; sanction; vouch for, guarantee; pledge
warranted
Adjective
1. secured by written agreement
(synonym) bonded, guaranteed, secured
(similar) secure
warrant
Noun
1. a writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts
(hypernym) writ, judicial writ
(hyponym) search warrant
(classification) law, jurisprudence
2. a type of security issued by a corporation (usually together with a bond or preferred stock) that gives the holder the right to purchase a certain amount of common stock at a stated price; "as a sweetener they offered warrants along with the fixed-income securities"
(synonym) stock warrant, stock-purchase warrant
(hypernym) security, surety
(hyponym) perpetual warrant
3. formal and explicit approval; "a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement"
(synonym) sanction, countenance, endorsement, indorsement, imprimatur
(hypernym) approval, commendation
(hyponym) O.K., OK, okay, okey, okeh
4. a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications
(synonym) guarantee, warrantee, warranty
(hypernym) assurance, pledge
(hyponym) security, surety
(derivation) guarantee
Verb
1. show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for; "The emergency does not warrant all of us buying guns"; "The end justifies the means"
(synonym) justify
(hypernym) confirm, reassert
2. stand behind and guarantee the quality, accuracy, or condition of; "The dealer warrants all the cars he sells"; "I warrant this information"
(synonym) guarantee
(hypernym) back, endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for, support
(hyponym) cover, insure, underwrite
(derivation) guarantee, warrantee, warranty
Warranted
(imp. & p. p.)
of Warrant
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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warranted
Synonyms and related words:
accepted, acknowledged, admitted, affianced, affirmed, alleged, allowed, announced, approved, ascertained, asserted, asseverated, assured, attested, authenticated, authorized, averred, avouched, avowed, balanced, betrothed, bound, certain, certified, chartered, committed, compromised, conceded, confessed, confirmed, contracted, countersigned, covered, decided, declared, defensible, deposed, deserved, determinate, determined, due, earned, empowered, endorsed, enfranchised, engaged, ensured, entitled, enunciated, equitable, established, even, evenhanded, fair, fair and square, fit, fixed, franchised, good, granted, guaranteed, in the bag, insured, intended, just, justifiable, justified, lawful, legal, level, licensed, made sure, manifestoed, meet, meet and right, merited, nailed down, notarized, obligated, on ice, open-and-shut, patented, pledged, plighted, predicated, privileged, professed, promised, pronounced, proper, proved, qualified, ratified, received, recognized, right, right and proper, rightful, sanctioned, sealed, secure, secured, set, settled, signed, square, stamped, stated, sure, sworn, sworn and affirmed, sworn to, tested, tried, underwritten, validated, vouched, vouched for, vowed, warrantable, well-earned, worthy
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