warrant

ˈwɒɹənt

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#1·7h ago

Authorization or certification; a sanction, as given by a superior.

Two years after the first appearance on the London stage by an English actress, a royal warrant of 1660 decreed that women rather than boys were to play all female roles.

Origin: [[File:NYARNG NCO WARRANT.png|thumb|A warrant (noun sense 1) issued on September 1, 1980, by the New York Army National Guard appointing someone as a sergeant]] The noun is derived from , from , , warand, a variant of , garant, garand (modern ), from , of *warjan. The word is cognate with . The verb is derived from , waranten, from , warandir, warentir, and , warantir, variant forms of (modern ), a Romance formation from the noun guarant: see above. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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(countable) Something that provides assurance or confirmation; a guarantee or proof.

a warrant of authenticity; a warrant for success

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(countable) An order that serves as authorization; especially a voucher authorizing payment or receipt of money.

The brazen serpent, lifted up in the centre of Israel's camp, with the publick declaration of its use, was a sufficient warrant to every man, when bitten by a fiery serpent, to look unto it. But [...] if any looked without at all expecti…

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