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
Now then, the principle of their conjunction to the cause must be this, because it is now clothed with authority which it had not before, and which now makes it warrantable.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh
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 Potter, Margaret Horton
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
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