All 16 Uses of
warrant
in
Measure for Measure
- And thou the velvet: thou art good velvet; thou'rt a three-piled piece, I warrant thee: I had as lief be a list of an English kersey as be piled, as thou art piled, for a French velvet.†
Scene 1.2
- I warrant it is: and thy head stands so tickle on thy shoulders that a milkmaid, if she be in love, may sigh it off.†
Scene 1.3
- Has censur'd him Already; and, as I hear, the provost hath A warrant for his execution.†
Scene 1.5
- Nay, I'll not warrant that; for I can speak Against the thing I say.†
Scene 2.4
- Be that you are, That is, a woman; if you be more, you're none; If you be one,—as you are well express'd By all external warrants,—show it now By putting on the destin'd livery.†
Scene 2.4
- Either this is envy in you, folly, or mistaking; the very stream of his life, and the business he hath helmed, must, upon a warranted need, give him a better proclamation.†
Scene 3.2
- ] Look, here's the warrant, Claudio, for thy death: 'tis now dead midnight, and by eight to-morrow Thou must be made immortal.†
Scene 4.2
- We have very oft awaked him, as if to carry him to execution, and showed him a seeming warrant for it: it hath not moved him at all.†
Scene 4.2
- Claudio, whom here you have warrant to execute, is no greater forfeit to the law than Angelo who hath sentenced him.†
Scene 4.2
- By the vow of mine order, I warrant you, if my instructions may be your guide.†
Scene 4.2
- Truly, sir, I would desire you to clap into your prayers; for, look you, the warrant's come.†
Scene 4.3
- I warrant your honour.†
Scene 5.1 *
- The warrant's for yourself; take heed to it.†
Scene 5.1
- But the next morn betimes, His purpose surfeiting, he sends a warrant For my poor brother's head.†
Scene 5.1
- ] And you, my noble and well-warranted cousin, Whom it concerns to hear this matter forth, Do with your injuries as seems you best In any chastisement.†
Scene 5.1 *
- Had you a special warrant for the deed?†
Scene 5.1
Definitions:
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(warrant as in: has a warrant to...) a document (granting the right to do something)for example:
- a document signed by a judge giving police the right to search a home
- a document signed by a judge giving police the right to arrest someone
- a document giving someone the right to buy stock shares at a given price by a given date
- a voucher documenting the right to receive payment
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(warrant as in: serious enough to warrant surgery) to justify (make an action reasonable or necessary)