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warrantable

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[wawr-uhn-tuh-buhl, wor-] / ˈwɔr ən tə bəl, ˈwɒr- /

adjective

  1. capable of being warranted.

  2. (of deer) of a legal age for hunting.


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Etymology

Origin of warrantable

First recorded in 1575–85; warrant + -able


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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

Belshazzar looked searchingly into the face of the high-priest, but he failed to find there more than a warrantable anxiety.

From Istar of Babylon A Phantasy by Margaret Horton Potter

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 Paul Leicester Ford

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 Frances Lester Warner

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