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

In the estimation of many practical men this procedure would have been a warrantable makeshift, its sole drawback being a sacrifice of values.

From Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 by Day, Holman

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 chosen bulls are then christened, and entered upon the breeder's list of warrantable animals.

From The Story of Seville by Hartley, C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine)