[ˈwɒrənt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a document issued by a legal or government official authorizing the police or another body to make an arrest, search premises, or carry out some other action relating to the administration of justice
(e.g: magistrates issued a warrant for his arrest)

- justification or authority for an action, belief, or feeling
(e.g: there is no warrant for this assumption)

- an official certificate of appointment issued to an officer of lower rank than a commissioned officer


Phrases:
- I warrant

Origin:
Middle English (in the senses ‘protector’ and ‘safeguard’, also, as a verb, ‘keep safe from danger’): from variants of Old French guarant (noun), guarantir (verb), of Germanic origin; compare with guarantee

[ˈwɒrənt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- justify or necessitate (a course of action)
(e.g: the employees feel that industrial action is warranted)

- officially affirm or guarantee
(e.g: the vendor warrants the accuracy of the report)


Phrases:
- I warrant

Origin:
Middle English (in the senses ‘protector’ and ‘safeguard’, also, as a verb, ‘keep safe from danger’): from variants of Old French guarant (noun), guarantir (verb), of Germanic origin; compare with guarantee