单词 | warrantable |
释义 | warrantableadj. For which warrant may be given. 1. a. Of actions, sentiments, motives, etc.: That may be authorized, sanctioned, or permitted; justifiable. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > justification > [adjective] > able to be justifiable1443 justificablec1454 warrantable1597 qualifiable1611 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxxiii. 215 Tutors without whose authoritie there was no act which they did, warrantable. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 104 Pardon this my digression, not warrantable in a journall. 1691 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. 49 'Tis therefore very Warrantable to pass a Severe Judgment upon a Man, when 'tis plain and out of question that he deserves it. 1774 J. Reynolds Disc. Royal Acad. (1778) vi. 217 It is a necessary and warrantable pride to disdain to walk servilely behind any individual, however elevated his rank. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. viii. 99 Any other expenses which you may consider warrantable or justifiable. 1846 J. Kenrick Ess. Primæval Hist. Pref. p. xviii Since..we can neither deny the fact of a contrariety, nor remove it by any warrantable means. 1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 482 Only in desperate cases is such heroic use of the remedy warrantable. b. Const. by, from, to. ΚΠ 1639 P. Massinger Unnaturall Combat i. i. sig. B4 Everie minute to me will be a tedious age till our embraces are warrantable to the world. 1656 T. Burton Diary (1828) I. 254 They have done nothing but what was warrantable by former precedents. 1659 J. Milton Treat. Civil Power 5 Having no other divine rule or autoritie from without us warrantable to one another as a common ground but the holy scripture. 1713 T. Chalkley Wks. (1751) II. 57 It is Warrantable from Scripture, that Gospel Ministers be honourably supported and maintained. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > [adjective] goodOE winlyOE snella1000 winc1275 boonc1325 cleana1375 tidya1375 positivea1398 comelyc1400 kindc1400 kindly?a1425 well-formeda1425 trim?a1513 wally?a1513 bonnya1525 delicatea1533 goodlike1562 sappy1563 bein1567 rum1567 benedict1576 warrantable1581 true (also good, sure) as touch1590 goodlisomea1603 respectable1603 clever1738 amusing1753 plummy1787 bone1793 brickish1843 mooi1850 ryebuck1859 spandy1868 greatisha1871 healthy1878 popular1884 beefy1903 onkus1910 quies1919 cushty1929 high-powered1969 not shabby1975 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 471 b Lett us peruse the Argumentes wherewith this gentle and obedient childe of the Popes good grace doth make his wordes warrantable. 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 8 But this is most warrantable, the Alpha of all the Yarmouths it was, & not the Omega correspondently. ?c1622 E. Bolton Hypercritica (1722) iv. §1 The Books..out of which we gather the most warrantable English are not many to my remembrance. a1632 T. Middleton & J. Webster Any Thing for Quiet Life (1662) iii. sig. E3 She says you vent Ware that is not warrantable, brayded Ware. 1709 T. Robinson Vindic. Mosaick Syst. Introd. 11 in Ess. Nat. Hist. Westmorland & Cumberland A Man of the highest Political Accomplishments, as well as True and Warrantable Prudence. 1747 tr. J. Astruc Academical Lect. Fevers 108 From what we have said, it evidently appears, that the works in general of Hippocrates are not warrantable. 1821 C. Lamb in London Mag. Aug. 156/1 [I] thought I could not do better than follow the example of such grave and warrantable personages. 3. That can be legally guaranteed. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > [adjective] > pledged > that can be warrantable1876 1876 R. D. Blackmore Cripps liii Not a pound should be deducted from his warrantable value, simply because he now did what any other young horse in the world would have felt to be right. 4. Hunting. Applied to a stag which is of an age to be hunted. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > male > [adjective] > that may be hunted warrantable1677 1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 190 The Deer themselves were well enough grown, and warrantable. 1847 F. Marryat Children of New Forest I. v. 74 A warrantable stag—that is, one old enough to kill and to be good venison. 1856 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports 82/1 At six [years], a Warrantable Stag. 1884 R. Jefferies Red Deer vi. 104 It must be a runnable stag, or warrantable, a term in its strict meaning indicating a stag of five years. Draft additions 1993 warrantaˈbility n. = warrantableness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > [noun] > guaranteeing or pledging > condition of being warrantable warrantability1974 1974 Federal Reporter 2nd Ser. 490 177/1 The evidence we have from her own witnesses is sufficiently provocative to call for a detailed consideration of the warrantability of such finding. 1985 PC Week 1 Oct. 5/3 It basically allows vendors to insert any disclaimers they want... The shrink-wrap law lets them disclaim warrantability. 1988 Isis Dec. 690/2 The problem is made all the more difficult by Giere's insistence..that there are no atemporal standards of warrantability or rational choice available to which to appeal. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1581 |
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