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

Joint procedure with such can be warrantable only when directed to an end good in itself, and when accompanied by an expressed or understood disapproval of the character and authority of the civil power.

From The Ordinance of Covenanting by Cunningham, John

A book may have reached an unusually large sale in an ordinary edition; he is asked if he thinks a finer and more expensive edition would be warrantable.

From The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing by Hitchcock, Frederick H.

Her private room was sacred to herself alone, and unless armed with a most warrantable errand nobody ever ventured to disturb her.

From The Leader of the Lower School A Tale of School Life by Campbell, John