Part 5011

<hw>Gua"ra*nine`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An alkaloid extracted from guarana. Same as <er>Caffeine</er>.</def>

<h1>Guarantee</h1> <Xpage=655>

<hw>Guar`an*tee"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Guarantees</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[For guaranty, prob. influenced by words like assignee, lessee, etc. See <er>Guaranty</er>, and cf. <er>Warrantee</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>In law and common usage: A promise to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some duty, in case of the failure of another person, who is, in the first instance, liable to such payment or performance; an engagement which secures or insures another against a contingency; a warranty; a security. Same as Guaranty.</def>

<blockquote>His interest seemed to be a <b>guarantee</b> for his zeal. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who binds himself to see an undertaking of another performed; a guarantor.</def>

<i>South.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; Guarantor is the correct form in this sense.</note>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>The person to whom a guaranty is made; -- the correlative of guarantor.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- <er>Guarantee</er>, <er>Warranty.</er> <usage>A guarantee is an engagement that a certain act will be done or not done in future. A warranty is an engagement as to the qualities or title of a thing at the time of the engagement.</usage>

<h1>Guarantee</h1> <Xpage=655>

<hw>Guar"an*tee`</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>guaranteed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p, pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Guaranteeing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[From <er>Guarantee</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>In law and common usage: to undertake or engage for the payment of (a debt) or the performance of (a duty) by another person; to undertake to secure (a possession, right, claim, etc.) to another against a specified contingency, or at all avents; to give a guarantee concerning; to engage, assure, or secure as a thing that may be depended on; to warrant; <as>as, to <ex>guarantee</ex> the execution of a treaty</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a republican form of government. <i>Constitution of the U. S.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Guarantor</h1> <Xpage=655>

<hw>Guar"an*tor`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Guaranty</er>, and cf. <er>Warrantor</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>One who makes or gives a guaranty; a warrantor; a surety.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>One who engages to secure another in any right or possession.</def>

<h1>Guaranty</h1> <Xpage=655>

<hw>Guar"an*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Guaranies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[OF. <ets>guarantie</ets>, <ets>garantie</ets>, F. <ets>garantie</ets>, OF. <ets>guarantir</ets>, <ets>garantir</ets>, to warrant, to <ets>guaranty</ets>, E. <ets>garantir</ets>, fr. OF. <ets>guarant</ets>, <ets>garant</ets>, a warranter, F. <ets>garant</ets>; of German origin, and from the same word as warranty. See <er>Warrant</er>, and cf. <er>Warranty</er>, <er>Guarantee</er>.]</ety> <def>In law and common usage: An undertaking to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some contract or duty, of another, in case of the failure of such other to pay or perform; a guarantee; a warranty; a security.</def>

<h1>Guaranty</h1> <Xpage=655>

<hw>Guar"an*ty</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Guarantied</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Guarantying</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[From <er>Guaranty</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>In law and common usage: To undertake or engage that another person shall perform (what he hass stipulated); to undertake to be answerable for (the debt or default of another); to engage to answer for the performance of (some promise or duty by another) in case of a failure by the latter to perform; to undertake to secure (something) to another, as in the case of a contingency. See <er>Guarantee</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt></def>

<note>&hand; <i>Guaranty</i> agrees in form with <i>warranty</i>. Both <i>guaranty</i> and <i>guarantee</i> are well authorized by legal writers in the United States. The prevailing spelling, at least for the verb, is <i>guarantee</i>.</note>

<h1>Guard</h1> <Xpage=655>

<hw>Guard</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Guarded</er>; <tt>p. pr. &, vb. n.</tt> <er>Gurding</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OF. <ets>guarder</ets>, <ets>garder</ets>, warder, F. <ets>garder</ets>, fr. OHG. <ets>wart<?/n</ets> to be on the watch, await, G. <ets>marten</ets>. See <er>Ward</er>, <tt>v.</tt> & <tt>n.</tt>, and cf. <er>Guard</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend; to shelter; to shield from surprise or attack; to protect by attendance; toaccompany for protection; to vare for.</def>

<blockquote>For Heaven still <b>guards</b> the right.

<i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To keep watch over, in order to prevent escape or restrain from acts of violence, or the like.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To protect the edge of, esp. with an ornamental border; hence, to face or ornament with lists, laces, etc.</def>

<-- (<xex? Spelling bad in this section -- look --> <blockquote>The body of your discourse it sometime <b>guarded</b> with fragments, and the guards are but slightly basted on neither. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To fasten by binding; to gird.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>