Both Uses of
warrant
in
Common Sense
- The unwarrantable stretch likewise, which that house made in their last sitting, to gain an undue authority over the delegates of that province, ought to warn the people at large, how they trust power out of their own hands.†
Chpt 4.
- Besides, the taking up arms, merely to enforce the repeal of a pecuniary law, seems as unwarrantable by the divine law, and as repugnant to human feelings, as the taking up arms to enforce obedience thereto.†
Chpt Appe *
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)