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The taking or seizure of property on executions to satisfy judgments, or on warrants for the collection of taxes; a collecting by execution. Levy in mass Etym: [F. levée en masse], a requisition of all able-bodied men for military service.

profuse; as, a liberal gift; a liberal discharge of matter or of water. His wealth doth warrant a liberal dower. Shak.

cate a public building; to locate a mining claim; to locate (the land granted by) a land warrant. That part of the body in which the sense of touch is located. H. Spencer.

A precept or warrant granted by a justice for committing to prison a party charged with crime; a warrant of commitment to prison. Burrill.

To thrust impertinently; to present without warrant or solicitation; as, to obtrude one's self upon a company. The objects of our senses obtrude their particular ideas upon our minds, whether we will or no. Lock.

Specifically, a commissioned officer, in distinction from a warrant officer. Field officer, General officer, etc. See under Field, General. etc. -- Officer of the day (Mil.), the officer who, on a given day, has charge for that day of the quard, prisoners, and police of the post or camp. -- Officer of the deck, or Of…

To reason falsely; to draw conclusions not warranted by the premises. [R.]

An official warrant of remission of penalty. Sign me a present pardon for my brother. Shak.

shot, or cover with bruises or wounds. "I have peppered two of them." "I am peppered, I warrant, for this world." Shak.

Warrant; license; leave; permission; specifically, a written license or permission given to a person or persons having authority; as, a permit to land goods subject to duty.

A warrant or assurance. [Obs.]

A ticket or warrant for money in the public funds.

An arrant coward; a dastard; a craven; a mean-spirited wretch. Shak.

n; as, precedential transactions. All their actions in that time are not precedential to warrant posterity. Fuller.

re, go, or act, by an assumption of leave or authority not granted; to go beyond what is warranted by the circumstances of the case; to venture beyond license; to take liberties; -- often with on or upon before the ground of confidence. Do not presume too much upon my love. Shak. This man presumes upon his parts. Locke…

The king's messenger; a state messenger. One pursuivant who attempted to execute a warrant there was murdered. Macaulay.

To release or relinquish a claim to; to release a claim to by deed, without covenants of warranty against adverse and paramount titles.

Void of reason; not warranted or supported by reason; unreasonable. This proffer is absurd and reasonless. Shak.

furthest from the violet part. "Fresh flowers, white and reede." Chaucer. Your color, I warrant you, is as red as any rose. Shak.

n, or in whose behalf, the attorney-general allows an information in the nature of a quo warranto to be filed.