All 6 Uses of
warrant
in
Othello, the Moor of Venice
- I therefore apprehend and do attach thee For an abuser of the world, a practiser Of arts inhibited and out of warrant.†
Scene 1.2 *
- I warrant thee.†
Scene 2.1
- And, I'll warrant her, full of game.†
Scene 2.3
- Good madam, do: I warrant it grieves my husband As if the cause were his.†
Scene 3.3
- Do not doubt that; before Emilia here I give thee warrant of thy place: assure thee, If I do vow a friendship, I'll perform it To the last article: my lord shall never rest; I'll watch him tame, and talk him out of patience; His bed shall seem a school, his board a shrift; I'll intermingle everything he does With Cassio's suit: therefore be merry, Cassio; For thy solicitor shall rather die Than give thy cause away.†
Scene 3.3
- 'Tis but so, I warrant.†
Scene 4.2
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)