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State of being vagrant; vagrancy.

Vibrating; tremulous; resonant; as, vibrant drums. Longfellow.

Noisy; clamorous. Gauden. R. Browning.

That which warrants or authorizes; a commission giving authority, or justifying the doing of anything; an act, instrument, or obligation, by which one person authorizes another to do something which he has not otherwise a right to do; an act or instrument investing one with a right or authority, and thus securing him f…

sion, precept, or right; justifiable; defensible; as, the seizure of a thief is always warrantable by law and justice; falsehood is never warrantable. His meals are coarse and short, his employment warrantable, his sleep certain and refreshing. South. -- War"rant*a*ble*ness, n. -- War"rant*bly, adv.…

The person to whom a warrant or warranty is made.

One who warrants, gives authority, or legally empowers.

Authority; security; warranty. [Obs.] Shak.

One who warrants.

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. Am…

A kind of seedless grape or raisin; -- so called from Zante, one of the Ionian Islands.

Having a protuberant belly; pot-bellied. Gorgonius sits, abdominous and wan, Like a fat squab upon a Chinese fan. Cowper.

State of being aberrant; a wandering from the right way; deviation from truth, rectitude, etc. Aberrancy of curvature (Geom.), the deviation of a curve from a circular form.

Having a sound, strong body; physically competent; robust. "Able-bodied vagrant." Froude. -- A`ble-bod"ied*ness, n..

r setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense. "Government . . . granting absolution to the nation." Froude.

To a fathomless depth; profoundly. "Abysmally ignorant." G. Eliot.

To grant as suitable or proper; to concede; to award; as, to accord to one due praise. "According his desire." Spenser.

ained from Aconitum napellus, used as a poison and medicinally. Winter aconite, a plant (Eranthis hyemalis) allied to the aconites.

To revoke, as a legacy, grant, etc., or to satisfy it by some other gift.

The revocation or taking away of a grant donation, legacy, or the like. Bouvier.