'Warranted' definitions:
Definition of 'Warranted'
From: GCIDE
- Warrant \War"rant\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Warranted; p. pr. & vb. n. Warranting.] [OE. waranten, OF. warantir, garantir, guarantir, garentir, garandir, F. garantir to warrant, fr. OF. warant, garant, guarant, a warrant, a protector, a defender, F. garant. [root]142. See Warrant, n.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To make secure; to give assurance against harm; to guarantee safety to; to give authority or power to do, or forbear to do, anything by which the person authorized is secured, or saved harmless, from any loss or damage by his action. [1913 Webster]
- That show I first my body to warrant. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- I'll warrant him from drowning. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- In a place Less warranted than this, or less secure, I can not be. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To support by authority or proof; to justify; to maintain; to sanction; as, reason warrants it. [1913 Webster]
- True fortitude is seen in great exploits, That justice warrants, and that wisdom guides. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- How little while it is since he went forth out of his study, -- chewing a Hebrew text of Scripture in his mouth, I warrant. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To give a warrant or warranty to; to assure as if by giving a warrant to. [1913 Webster]
- [My neck is] as smooth as silk, I warrant ye. --L' Estrange. [1913 Webster]
- 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; to indemnify against loss. (c) To secure to, as a purchaser, the quality or quantity of the goods sold, as represented. See Warranty, n., 2. (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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'warranted'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Words containing 'Warranted'
- Warrant,
- Warrantable,
- Warrantableness,
- Warranter,
- Warranting,
- Bench warrant,
- Death warrant,
- Dock warrant,
- General warrant,
- Land warrant,
- Search warrant,
- To back a warrant,
- To serve a warrant,
- Warrant of attorney,
- Warrant officer,
- arrest warrant,
- dividend warrant,
- perpetual warrant,
- stock warrant,
- subscription warrant,
- Warrant to sue and defend,
- stock-purchase warrant