warrantisen.

/ˈwɒrəntʌɪz/

Forms: Middle English warantize, Middle English–1500s warantise, Middle English warentice, warantyce, warantice, Middle English–1500s warantyse, warauntyse, warauntise, 1500s warrauntise, warrantyse, 1500s–1600s warrantize, warrantice, 1600s warrantis, 1500s–1600s, 1800s warrantise.

Etymology: < Old French warentise, garantise, < warantir , garantir warrant v. Compare warrandice n.

Obsolete exc. archaic.

1. Law. = warranty n. 1a. clause of warrantise (also used figuratively); plea of warrantise.

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society > law > transfer of property > [noun] > warranty of security of title > annexed to conveyance

warrantisea1325

warranty1338

a1325 MS. Rawl. B. 520, lf. 57 Ȝif he habbe þe kinges chartre ware þoru þe king be i holde to warantise.

a1325 MS. Rawl. B. 520, lf. 62 b Ȝif þe aloinaunce were i mad þoru fin i mad. þanne a sullen boþe ben i cleped to warantise þer of.

1396–7 in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1907) XXII. 301 For a busschel of qwete..he welen selle þe blisse of heuene be chartre of clause of warantise.

14.. Pol. Rel. & L. Poems (1866) 24 And yf thou may in any wyse Make thy chartyr on warantyse To thyne heyres & assygnes all-so, This shall a wyse purchasser doo.

c1450 Godstow Reg. 265 Wherof a ple of warantize was I-take bitwene them in the same courte.

1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 42 With a Clause of Warantise accordyng to þ^e seid dede.

1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) f. xlvii^v Yf tenaunt in the tayle in this case release to the dysseysour & byndeth hym & his heyres to warantyse, &c.

1559 T. Phaer Boke of Presidentes (new ed.) 40 b A release made by deede of tenementes before purchased with a clause of warrantise.

1627 J. Carter Plaine Expos. Serm. in Mount 93 A clause of warrantize against all danger.

a. gen. The action of warranting, guaranteeing, or giving assurance; the state or fact of being guaranteed. to hold, clepe, bind, call to warrantise; on, with, by warrantise.

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the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > [noun] > guaranteeing or pledging

again-behotinga1382

warrantisec1440

warrantisingc1450

acquitc1460

pledging1538

guaranty1592

oppignoration1592

hedginga1631

stipulation1648

warrantship1702

hedge1736

guarantee1786

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 516/1 Warantyse, warantizacio.

a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) iii. xvii. sig. Q.vii^v Withoute anye bolde warrantise of oure selfe, or foolishe truste in oure strength.

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke iii. f. 21–22 A doue..had..brought a braunche of an oliue tree..for..a caucion or pledge of warauntise y^t the floude was at an ende.

1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Kv In so doyng they neuer followe the credence of pryuat men: but the assureaunce or warrauntise of the hole citye.

1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Amphoteroplon, a double freight or dutie, that is payed, when the shippeman vndertaketh on warantyse to conducte a man salfe foorth, and brynge him salfe home agayne.

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 128 The Butchers that bye for slaughter, and such as by for sacryfises, vse no worde of warrantise.

1583 W. Fulke Def. Transl. Script. i. 42 They doe the better proue, that for which I called him to warrantize.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxiii. iii. 462 All buyings and sellings at this day which passe with warrantise [L. in his emptionibus, quae mancipii sunt].

1608 J. Dod & R. Cleaver Plaine Expos. Prov. ix–x. 5 He giuing warrantize for their safety.

1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets cl. sig. I4 In the very refuse of thy deeds, There is such strength and warrantise of skill, That in my minde thy worst all best exceeds?

1862 H. Taylor St. Clement's Eve iii. v. 109 We humbly crave Some warrantise that what we're bid to speak, Spoken, shall bring no jeopardy of life Or liberty or goods.

b. to make (also give) warrantise: to guarantee, give assurance. Const. of or clause.

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the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > give assurance or stand surety [verb (intransitive)]

to lay one's life, head, to wed971

to find (take) God, Mahoun, St. Blase, St. George, etc. to borrowa1330

again-behotea1382

to make (also do) faitha1382

pledge1458

to make (also give) warrantisea1535

undertake1548

subscribe1600

underwrite1623

seal1633

underwritea1657

hedge1676

vouch1687

to stand surety (or security)1776

to take warrant on oneself1828

stipulate1829

a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) iii. xvii. sig. Q.vi I can make no warrantise of my selfe, seing y^t S. Peter so sodainly fainted at a womans word.

1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 296 Talke that..maketh ioyly royall warantise of thynges in wordes, but without any effecte or comyng to passe of deedes.

1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 383/2 But whether it were so, or not, I am not able to make warrantise [1587 warrantize].

1601 A. Munday & H. Chettle Death Earle of Huntington sig. I3 Againe, the place doth giue thee warrantise.

c. Said predicatively of a thing or person that serves as a guarantee or surety.

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the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > [noun] > a pledge or security

warrantisea1300

surancec1300

borrow-gage1303

suretyc1330

wage1338

wed1340

again-behotera1382

hostagec1400

sickeringa1450

gage1486

soverty1488

vadimonyc1503

pledge1526

slauntiagh1535

band1596

mortgage1598

ward and warsela1600

covenant1644

guaranty1697

security1711

guaranteeship1715

cautionment1815

guarantee1832

a1300 Cursor Mundi 25604 Þat we mai tak þat ilk flexs..Wit bodi and hert clene: And þat it be vr warantise, On domes~dai quen þou sal rise, Al þis werld to deme.

1596 Earl of Essex in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. IV. 134 His assent..shalbe my warrantize.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) i. iv. 13 Breake vp the Gates, Ile be your warrantize .

d. of, on, in warrantise: of a surety, for certain, without fail, I warrant you.

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the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > making certain, assurance > of course, certainly [phrase]

to iwissea1000

mid iwissea1000

in wisc1000

to wis(se)c1000

without(en (any) weenc1175

sans fail1297

thereof no strife1297

but werea1300

forouten werea1300

out of werea1300

without werea1300

without deceit1303

for certainc1320

it is to wittingc1320

withouten carec1320

without nayc1330

without noc1330

without (but out of) dread1340

no doubtc1380

without distancec1390

no fresea1400

out of doubta1400

without doubta1400

for, (in, at obs.), of, to (a) certaintyc1400

withouten stance14..

hazel woods shakea1413

of, on, in warrantisec1440

sure enough?1440

without question?1440

wythout diswerec1440

without any dispayrec1470

for (also of) a surety?a1475

in (also for) surenessa1475

of certainc1485

without any (also all) naya1500

out of question?1526

past question?1526

for sure1534

what else1540

beyond (also out of, past, without) (all) peradventure1542

to be a bidden by1549

out of (also without) all cry1565

with a witness1579

upon my word1591

no question1594

out of all suspicion1600

for a certain1608

without scruple1612

to be sure1615

that's pos1710

in course1722

beyond (all) question1817

(and) no mistake1818

no two ways about it (also that)1818

of course1823

bien entendu1844

yessiree1846

you bet you1857

make no mistake1876

acourse1883

sans doute1890

how are you?1918

you bet your bippy1968

c1440 Generydes 5938 Ther shall no man do yow harme o warantise.

c1460 (a1449) J. Lydgate Legend St. Austin (Harl. 2255) l. 67 in Minor Poems (1911) i. 195 Of warantise he shal nevir the.

a1500 Early Eng. Misc. (1855) 91 Thanne ȝour crymsons beth y-made in warantyse withowte fayle.

a1500 Assemb. Ladies 406 I pray you, tel it me in secret wyse; And I shal kepe it close, on warantyse.

?1550 H. Llwyd tr. Pope John XXI Treasury of Healthe sig. E.iiii Put into thyne eye a verey litle, it is safe and without danger in warrantise and ofte approved.

1592 W. Wyrley Lord Chandos in True Vse Armorie 29 No mortall man with Gods gaine fauor might Of warrantice to see next mornings light.

1639 O. Wood Alphabet. Bk. Physicall Secrets 29 Then..anoynt the Griefe with a feather,..and it will be whole on warrantice.

3. Defence, protection.

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society > armed hostility > defence > [noun]

weringa1300

warrantise?a1400

keepinga1425

defension?a1439

defendancec1450

werea1878

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > [noun]

warec893

mundbyrdeOE

mundOE

forhillinga1300

hillinga1300

weringa1300

warranting1303

garrisonc1320

defencec1325

defendingc1350

protectionc1350

garnisonc1386

safe warda1398

warrantise?a1400

safeguard1421

safekeeping1425

defension?a1439

defendancec1450

warisonc1450

propugnation1575

guard1576

fortifying1580

debate1581

shielding1581

shrouda1586

patronage1590

shrouding1615

fortressing?1624

munification1653

fencinga1661

castleward1674

fending1771

safeguardance1897

?a1400 Morte Arth. 1614 That they be weisely wachede and in warde holdene, Wardede of warantizez with wyrchipfulle knyghttez.

1481 W. Caxton tr. Siege & Conqueste Jerusalem (1893) xvii. 45 Alle the peple of the contre..made to hym feaulte for to haue his ayde and warantise in the waye of the sayd pylgremage.

1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes ii. xxxv. 149 No manere of warantyse can not kepe theym that assaylle yf they be hytte with all, but that they shal be beten doune as the thondre felle upon hem.

4. Authorization, permission, sanction.

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society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [noun] > formal or authoritative permission

authorization1472

ratihabitation1502

ratihabition1516

permit1517

toleration1517

tolerance1539

warrantise1580

clearance1944

1580 E. Grindal Remains (1843) (modernized text) 366 Dr Howland..added further, that if error were committed in that, it was no sufficient warrantize for other errors afterwards to be attempted.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxii. vi. 118 Yet we..are so unhappie, as to commit our selves to other mens tuition, and live under their warrantize and assurance [L. vivimus aliena fiducia].

1606 T. Whetenhall Disc. Abuses 66 A Bishop ought to doe nothing in the Church, unlesse he be certaine and sure of the warrantise thereof by Gods word.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Hamlet (1623) v. i. 221 Her Obsequies haue bin as farre inlarg'd. As we haue warrantis [1604 warrantie].

a1624 Bp. M. Smith Serm. (1632) 234 Lest the yonger sort take example, nay warrantize from vs to slacke their paines.

5. Assurance, confident statement.

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the mind > language > statement > assurance, confirmation, or guarantee > [noun] > an assurance

firmity1523

warrantise1586

assurance1609

insurance1710

1586 A. Day Eng. Secretorie i. sig. K1^v Too muche impertinent were it for me to hale you on with argumentes, who onely goe about but by apparaunt shewes to perswade you with warrantise.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxviii. vii. 310 Thus they prescribe with great warrantize, To take all the naile parings of toes and fingers of man, [etc.].

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

† warrantisev.

Forms: For forms see warrantise n.

Etymology: < warrantise n.; in Law Latin warrantizāre.

Obsolete.

1. transitive. Law. To guarantee the possession of (real property) to a person.

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society > law > transfer of property > settlement of property > settle (property) [verb (transitive)]

vestc1425

warrantisec1450

state1633

c1450 Godstow Reg. 346 They warantized to the forsaid Richard and to his heires the forsaid tenement with the pertynentis ayenst all maner of men for ever.

c1460 Oseney Reg. 53 And I vmfrey and my heyres all þe forsaide thynges to þe forsaide church and Chanons for Euer shall warantize agaynste all men and women.

a. gen. To guarantee; to be a guarantee or security for; to secure the possession of (something) to a person; to secure (a person or thing) from.

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the world > action or operation > safety > make safe or secure [verb (transitive)] > assure (a person) of safety > from something

warrantise?1533

assure1819

insure1825

the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > pledge or deposit as security [verb (transitive)] > be or give surety for

wage1362

awarranta1400

pledge?a1439

warrant1478

to seal under1523

warrantise?1533

borrow1609

undertake1609

suretya1616

stipulate1737

guaranty1753

guarantee1797

?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Jii To warantyse, pleuir.

1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares Q 4 Certaine meanes hee hath assigned vs, which he hath promised to blesse, but without means no blessing hath he warrantizd.

1598 B. Yong tr. A. Pérez 2nd Pt. Diana in tr. J. de Montemayor Diana 235 Who shall..this old age from sorrowes warrantize?

1598 R. Hakluyt tr. in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) I. 144 In regard whereof you wil vndertake to warrantize, and make good vnto vs those penalties and forfaitures which shal vnto vs appertaine, for all wools [etc.].

c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) i. 275 A moste lawfull act,..For which you will..warrantize him heaven & happie day.

1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer iii. 461 To warrantize thy health.

b. To warrant, sanction, authorize; to confirm, corroborate.

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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > attest, bear witness [verb (transitive)] > support, corroborate

fasteneOE

i-sothea925

sustainc1325

witness1362

approvec1380

confirmc1384

affirma1393

justifya1393

to bear outa1475

corrobore1485

uphold1485

nourisha1522

underpinc1522

to countenance outa1529

favoura1530

soothe1544

strengthen1548

comfort1593

second1596

accredit1598

evidencea1601

warrantise1600

compact1608

back1612

thickena1616

accreditate1654

shoulder1674

support1691

corroborate1706

carry1835

to give (also lend) colour1921

society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > justification > justify [verb (transitive)] > justify or sanction

warrant1578

privilege1594

warrantise1600

legitimate1611

sanctify1701

sanction1876

legitimize1892

1600 T. Nashe Summers Last Will sig. D4 A sillie fancie, Autumne, hast thou told, Which no Philosophie doth warrantize.

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 863 There is nothing else but necessitie alone, doeth warrantize the killing of a man.

1643 S. Marshall Copy of Let. 8 Like enough some Court-Chaplaine..might warrantize the kings conscience.

1664 J. Webb Vindic. Stone-Heng (1725) 125 The Customs of the Romans..highly warrantize M^r. Jones his Discovery of our Antiquity.

3. To protect, defend.

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society > armed hostility > defence > defend [verb (transitive)]

werea900

defendc1325

fendc1330

defencea1398

warrantise1490

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > protect or defend [verb (transitive)]

shieldc825

frithc893

werea900

i-schield971

berghOE

biwerec1000

grithc1000

witec1000

keepc1175

burghena1225

ward?c1225

hilla1240

warrantc1275

witiec1275

forhilla1300

umshadea1300

defendc1325

fendc1330

to hold in or to warrantc1330

bielda1350

warisha1375

succoura1387

defencea1398

shrouda1400

umbeshadow14..

shelvec1425

targec1430

protect?1435

obumber?1440

thorn1483

warrantise1490

charea1500

safeguard1501

heild?a1513

shend1530

warrant1530

shadow1548

fence1577

safekeep1588

bucklera1593

counterguard1594

save1595

tara1612

target1611

screenc1613

pre-arm1615

custodite1657

shelter1667

to guard against1725

cushion1836

enshield1855

mind1924

buffer1958

1490 Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine (1962) xxiv. 88 But what occysion or defence that he made myght not warauntyse hym.

a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xvi. 269 But yef I may haue bailly ouer his body, he shall so be deffouled that ther ne shall nothinge in the worlde hym warantise.

c1500 Melusine (1895) xxiv. 200 Thenne anthony..smote a knyght by such vertue that the targe nor his cote of stele might not warauntyse hym.

Derivatives

† ˈwarrantising n. and adj. Obsolete

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