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单词 warrantable
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warrantableadj.

Brit. /ˈwɒrəntəbl/, /ˈwɒrn̩təbl/, U.S. /ˈwɔrən(t)əb(ə)l/
Etymology: < warrant v. + -able suffix.
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.
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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.
2. That may be guaranteed as good, true, genuine, or the like; of good warrant; praiseworthy, acceptable. Obsolete.
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).
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