Both Uses of
warrant
in
Macbeth
- Therefore to horse;
And let us not be dainty of leave-taking,
But shift away: there's warrant in that theft
Which steals itself, when there's no mercy left.†p. 73.3 *
- Whither, indeed, before thy here-approach,
Old Siward, with ten thousand warlike men
Already at a point, was setting forth:
Now we'll together; and the chance of goodness
Be like our warranted quarrel!†p. 147.9 *
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
- (4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)