War'rant1, v. t.
(wōr/rant), v. t. [imp. & p. p. WARRANTED; p. pr. & vb. n. WARRANTING.] [O. Fr. warantir, garantir, guarantir, garentir, garandir, N. Fr. garantir, Pr. garentir, Sp. garantizar, It. guarentire, to warrant; O. Fr. warant, garant, guarant, guerent, Pr. guaran, guiren, Sp. garante, O. It. guarento, L. Lat. warens, guarandus, O. Fries. warend, werand, from O. Fries. wara, wera, to warrant, O. H. Ger. werên, N. H. Ger. gewähren.]
Sense 1. To make secure; to give assurance against harm to; to guaranty safety to; to give authority or power to do or forbear any thing, by which the person authorized is secured or saved harmless from any loss or damage by the act.
I'll warrant him from drowning. Shak.
In a place Less warranted than this, or less secure, I can not be. Milton.
Sense 2. To support by authority or proof; to justify; to maintain; as, reason warrants it.
True fortitude is seen in great exploits, That justice warrants, and that wisdom guides. Addison.
Sense 3. To declare with assurance.
My neck is as smooth as silk, I warrant ye. L'Estrange.
Sense 4. (Law.) (a.) To secure to, as a grantee, an estate granted; to assure. (b.) To secure to, as a purchaser of goods, the title to the same; or to indemnify against loss. (c.) To secure to, as a purchaser, the quality or quantity of the goods sold, as represented. See WARRANTY. (d.) 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.