All 11 Uses of
warrant
in
Romeo and Juliet
- I warrant, an I should live a thousand years,
I never should forget it.
Scene 1.3warrant = am certain
- And yet, I warrant, it had upon its brow
A bump as big as a young cockerel's stone
Scene 1.3warrant = assure you
- I saw no man use you at his pleasure; if I had, my weapon should quickly have been out, I warrant you.
Scene 2.4warrant = assure
- I warrant thee, my man's as true as steel.
Scene 2.4
- I anger her sometimes, and tell her that Paris is the properer man. But I'll warrant you, when I say so, she looks as pale as any clout in the versal world.
Scene 2.4
- I'll warrant him as gentle as a lamb.
Scene 2.5 *warrant = guarantee (assure you)
- Your love says, like an honest gentleman, and a courteous, and a kind, and a handsome, and I warrant, a virtuous...
Scene 2.5warrant = am certain
- I am peppered, I warrant, for this world.
Scene 3.1
- And all things shall be well, I warrant thee, wife.
Scene 4.2
- Fast, I warrant her,
Scene 4.5warrant = bet (am fairly certain)
- Sleep for a week; for the next night, I warrant,
The County Paris hath set up his rest
That you shall rest but little.
Scene 4.5
Definition:
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(warrant as in: I warrant it) to promise, guarantee, or indicate certainty of something
(seldom used today, but common in classic literature)