warrantise

English

Etymology

From Middle English warantise, warantyse, from Old Northern French warentise, warandise. Compare Old French garantise. See warrant, guarantee.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɒɹəntaɪz/

Noun

warrantise

1. (obsolete) authority; security; warranty
   • 1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 150”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:

     There is such strength and warrantise of skill

Verb

warrantise (third-person singular simple present warrantises, present participle warrantising, simple past and past participle warrantised)

1. (obsolete) To warrant.
   • 1589, Richard Hakluyt, The Principall Navigations, Voiages, and Discoveries of the English Nation, […], London: […] George Bishop and Ralph Newberie, deputies to Christopher Barker, […], →OCLC:

     hoping your worships wil not onely accept this my labour, but protect and warrantise the same against all men

References

“warrantise”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Rainwaters, rainwaters, warranties