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
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
Long-continued observation may be necessary before a positive opinion is warrantable.
From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman
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
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