单词 | i warrant |
释义 | > as lemmasI warrant a. with clause as object. Chiefly in phrase I warrant, I will (I'll) warrant, often used colloquially as a mere expression of strong belief = ‘I'll be bound’. ΚΠ 13.. Northern Passion 245/39* Þe knightes said: ‘we will warand þat ioseph es in his awind land.’ a1400 Coer de L. 3523 Kyng Richard schal waraunt, There is no flesch so noryssaunt,..As the hed off a Sarezyn. c1400 Ywaine & Gaw. 1049 Madame, sho said, i dar warand A genteler lord es none lifand. c1440 York Myst. xxxiii. 384 He swounes or sweltes, I swarand. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxiii. 303 Haue here the draght..And I shall warand it is not swete. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) li. 172 Or it be halfe a yere past I waraunt thou shalt haue a horse. a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) ii. i. 71 I warrant he hath a thousand of these Letters. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iii. iii. 155 Ile warrant wee'le vnkennell the Fox. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iv. v. 104 And haue not they suffer'd? Yes, I warrant . View more context for this quotation 1677 Lady Chaworth in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. v. 37 All from Court say the House will infailibly sit, but none dares warrant how long. 1715 D. Defoe Family Instructor I. i. iv. 103 I warrant she kissed thee. 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews I. iv. v. 200 He..refused, saying he could walk by its side, and he'd warrant he kept with it. View more context for this quotation 1786 R. Burns Poems 33 Dempster, a true-blue Scot I'se warran. 1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho III. ii. 39 I heard one of the soldiers..say to his comrade, that he would warrant they'd bring home a rare deal of booty. 1860 C. Dickens Uncommerc. Traveller in All Year Round 5 May 86/1 Some chapel where she comforts herself with brimstone doctrine, I warrant. 1864 Ld. Tennyson Enoch Arden in Enoch Arden, etc. 46 I warrant, man, that we shall bring you round. < as lemmas |
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