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

And since therefore Adam would not have refused, it is not warrantable, on the assumption that he would have refused, to deny that he was commanded to undertake the duties of a federal head.

From The Ordinance of Covenanting by Cunningham, John

The omission of a bill of rights in this State has given occasion to an inference that the omission was equally warrantable in the constitution for the United States.

From Essays on the Constitution of the United States by Ford, Paul Leicester

The ever-increasing demand has driven the cost of a "warrantable" five-year-old bull up to �70 or �80.

From Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration by Buck, Walter J.