farrant

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. √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 ]

a. Authorized by commission, precept, or right; justifiable; defensible; as, the seizure of a thief is always warrantable by law and justice; falsehood is never warrantable. [ 1913 Webster ]

His meals are coarse and short, his employment warrantable, his sleep certain and refreshing. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- War"rant*a*ble*ness, n. -- War"rant*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) The person to whom a warrant or warranty is made. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who warrants, gives authority, or legally empowers. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) One who assures, or covenants to assure; one who contracts to secure another in a right, or to make good any defect of title or quality; one who gives a warranty; a guarantor; as, the warranter of a horse. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To warrant. [ Obs. ] Hakluyt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. warentise, warandise, garantise. See Warrant, n. ] Authority; security; warranty. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) One who warrants. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Warranties [ OF. warantie, F. garantie. See Warrant, n., and cf. Guaranty. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Anc. Law) A covenant real, whereby the grantor of an estate of freehold and his heirs were bound to warrant and defend the title, and, in case of eviction by title paramount, to yield other lands of equal value in recompense. This warranty has long singe become obsolete, and its place supplied by personal covenants for title. Among these is the covenant of warranty, which runs with the land, and is in the nature of a real covenant. Kent. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Modern Law) An engagement or undertaking, express or implied, that a certain fact regarding the subject of a contract is, or shall be, as it is expressly or impliedly declared or promised to be. In sales of goods by persons in possession, there is an implied warranty of title, but, as to the quality of goods, the rule of every sale is, Caveat emptor. Chitty. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Insurance Law) A stipulation or engagement by a party insured, that certain things, relating to the subject of insurance, or affecting the risk, exist, or shall exist, or have been done, or shall be done. These warranties, when express, should appear in the policy; but there are certain implied warranties. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Justificatory mandate or precept; authority; warrant. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

If they disobey precept, that is no excuse to us, nor gives us any warranty . . . to disobey likewise. Kettlewe&unr_;&unr_;. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Security; warrant; guaranty. [ 1913 Webster ]

The stamp was a warranty of the public. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- See Guarantee. [ 1913 Webster ]