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

Unwarrantable, un-wor′an-ta-bl, adj. not warrantable or justifiable: improper.—ns.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

A little respite prethee; nay blush not, You ask but what's your own, and warrantable: Monsieur, Beaupre, Verdone, What think you of the motion?

From The Little French Lawyer A Comedy by Beaumont, Francis

But as to wandering through the woods on foot, that was done only for good and warrantable reasons, not to see what they could see.

From Pilgrim Trails A Plymouth-to-Provincetown Sketchbook by Warner, Frances Lester