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h 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.

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 All their actions in that time are not precedential to warrant posterity.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

ure, 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. Lock…

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.

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

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

a writing, pass, or warrant of security, given to a person to enable him to travel with safety. Shak.

decent language of the meaner sort of people, or such as only the license of buffoons can warrant; as, a scurrilous fellow.

on the high seas, for the enemy's property or for articles contraband of war. -- Search warrant (Law), a warrant legally issued, authorizing an examination or search of a house, or other place, for goods stolen, secreted, or concealed.

To take possession of by virtue of a warrant or other legal authority; as, the sheriff seized the debtor's goods.

ve an attested copy with him or his attorney, or his usual place of abode. -- To serve a warrant, to read it, and seize the person against whom it is issued. -- To serve a writ (Law), to read it to the defendant, or to leave an attested copy at his usual place of abode. -- To serve one out, to retaliate upon; to req…

et or private seal. -- Writer to the signet (Scots Law), a judicial officer who prepares warrants, writs, etc.; originally, a clerk in the office of the secretary of state.

Colloq.] If he be obstinate, put a civil question to him upon the rack, and he squeaks, I warrant him. Dryden.

ffairs, etc. In naval vessels, the captain's steward, wardroom steward, steerage steward, warrant officers steward, etc., are petty officers who provide for the messes under their charge.

A charter or warrant; also, a deed of gift. [India]