warrantise means authority; security; warranty. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
warrantise is pronounced /ˈwɒɹəntaɪz/.
Why “warrantise” is a great word
WARRANTISE — [Noun, Verb] A formal authorization, security, or guarantee. From Middle English warantise, warantyse, from Old Northern French warentise, warandise ("guarantee, warranty"), akin to Old French garantise. Ultimately related to warrant and guarantee. Unlike “warranty,” a specific commercial guarantee, or “guarantee,” a common modern promise, warrantise is the archaic, foundational principle of sanctioned authority itself. It is the heavy wax seal on a vellum charter, the sworn oath of a vassal to his lord, and the implicit security in the walls of a chartered town—a ghost of a time when trust was a ponderous, tangible bond, its solemn word now vanished from the air.
Etymology
From Middle English warantise, warantyse, from Old Northern French warentise, warandise. Compare Old French garantise. See warrant, guarantee.
noun
- authority; security; warranty“There is such strength and warrantise of skill”
verb
- To warrant.“hoping your worships wil not onely accept this my labour, but protect and warrantise the same against all men”