单词 | i warrant you |
释义 | > as lemmasI (I'll) warrant you a. To give (a person) assurance of a fact. Chiefly in I (I'll) warrant you, used colloquially = ‘I warrant’ in 4a. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assurance, confirmation, or guarantee > assure, confirm, or guarantee [verb (transitive)] > a person sicker1297 ensurec1385 behightc1386 promise1469 insurea1500 warranta1529 resolve1567 a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Biii I shall the warent As longe as I lyue thou haste an heyre parent. 1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes xiv. 19/2 There be many such I warrant you yt neuer cum to light. 1601 B. Jonson Fountaine of Selfe-love iv. i. sig. G3 The very Marchpane of the Court I warrant ? View more context for this quotation 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 454 I warrant you (sayd he) I shal lodge him well enough. 1670 J. Eachard Grounds Contempt of Clergy 13 A forward Boy, cries the School-Master..He proves a brave Clergy-man, I'le warrant you. 1689 R. Milward Selden's Table-talk 17 I..warranted him, if he would follow my directions, to Cure him in a short time. 1711 E. Budgell Spectator No. 77. ⁋6 I warrant you he is now thrusting his short Face into some Coffee-house about 'Change. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 26 I warrant him, let us but go up the Height of St. Helena, we will soon reach the Rio de la Plata. 1777 S. Johnson Let. 25 Oct. (1992) III. 88 Cicely, I warrant you, will do well enough. 1799 R. Southey To Spider iv I'll warrant thee thou'lt drain His life-blood dry. 1826 W. Scott Woodstock I. xi. 269 Sent him to share with us, I'se warrant ye. 1835 J. Poole Sketches & Recoll. I. 37 ‘He be vive mile off by now.’ ‘You are certain of that?’ ‘I warrant 'ee, zur.’ At this assurance I felt a throb of joy. 1860 W. W. Reade Liberty Hall, Oxon. II. 136 Many's the horn of old Pharoah ale have I mopped up in their brick floor kitchens, I warrant 'ee. < as lemmas |
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