Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Warrant; security; warranty.
- noun Guaranty; pledge; promise.
- To save; defend.
- To warrant; pledge; guarantee.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Authority; security; warranty.
- transitive verb obsolete To warrant.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete To
warrant .
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Examples
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The promise and warrantise of _Thelemia_ for my obtayning the same, bred in mee some comfort.
Hypnerotomachia The Strife of Loue in a Dreame Francesco Colonna
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But just as Cleopatra has power, so there can be no doubt of the wily cunning -- "the warrantise of skill" -- of the sonnet-heroine, and no doubt her faithlessness was that "just cause of hate" which Shakespeare bemoaned.
The Man Shakespeare Frank Harris 1893
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+ I can not in fight make to you suche warrantise:
Ralph Roister Doister Nicholas Udall 1530
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But just as Cleopatra has power, so there can be no doubt of the wily cunning ” “the warrantise of skill” ” of the sonnet-heroine, and no doubt her faithlessness was that “just cause of hate” which Shakespeare bemoaned.
The Man Shakespeare Harris, Frank, 1855-1931 1909
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