warrantable
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Scholars and survivors of the society are frequently determined, beyond what is warrantable by the facts, to see the spectre of Birchism in any full-throated contemporary manifestation of conservatism.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 11, 2016
The tremendous forest of Sherwood stretched round the tent-forest further than the eye could see—and this was full of wild boars, warrantable stags, outlaws, dragons, and Purple Emperors.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
One day after prayer, the king asked him, If it was warrantable in prayer to determine a controversy?—Mr.
From Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies by John Howie
Francis Place once explained to me that in the Benthamite view, it was not warrantable to incur martyrdom unless it was clear that the public would be gainers by the martyr's loss.
From Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) by George Jacob Holyoake
To delay their publication did not, indeed, appear to be warrantable.
From An Essay on the Shaking Palsy by James Parkinson
