All 11 Uses of
warrant
in
Romeo and Juliet
- I warrant, an I should live a thousand years,
I never should forget it.p. 34.8warrant = am certain
- And yet, I warrant, it had upon its brow
A bump as big as a young cockerel's stonep. 34.9warrant = assure you
- I saw no man use you at his pleasure; if I had, my weapon should quickly have been out, I warrant you.
p. 104.2warrant = assure
- I warrant thee, my man's as true as steel.
p. 106.5
- 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.
p. 106.8
- I'll warrant him as gentle as a lamb.
p. 112.6 *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...
p. 114.1warrant = am certain
- I am peppered, I warrant, for this world.
p. 128.0warrant = assure you
- Tush, I will stir about,
And all things shall be well, I warrant thee, wife:
Go thou to Juliet, help to deck up her;
I'll not to bed tonight;—let me alone;
I'll play the housewife for this once.p. 198.1warrant = assure
- —fast, I warrant her, she:—
Why, lamb!Scene 4.5
- —you take your pennyworths now;
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 4.5warrant = guarantee (assure you)
Definitions:
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(1)
(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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(2)
(warrant as in: serious enough to warrant surgery) to justify (make an action reasonable or necessary)
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(3)
(warrant as in: I warrant it) to promise, guarantee, or indicate certainty of something