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unˈwarrantable, a.
(un-1 7 b.)
1612Selden Illustr. Drayton's Poly-olb. iv. 215 An un⁓warrantable report goes, that it was for his martial delivery of the King's daughter from the Dragon. 1642Fuller Holy & Prof. St. iii. xix. 203 If God bolts the doores..against him, he is not..to make his escape by unwarrantable courses. 1757Smollett Reprisal i. vii, An unwarrantable insult. 1783Burke Rep. Aff. India Wks. XI. 16 An unwarrantable extension or application of the municipal Law of England. 1847H. Rogers Ess. (1874) I. v. 218 Alterations of a most unwarrantable description. 1874H. R. Reynolds John Bapt. ii. 83 It is an unwarrantable conjecture that the human intelligence is the highest form of mind.
b. spec. Of deer: (see quot. 1798).
1798Hey Lect. Div. iv. 337 A Keeper in a King's Forest told me, certain Venison was unwarrantable; that is, could not be sent in return to the Warrants issued by the Officers of the Crown. 1888Daily News 29 Oct. 6/8 Two young un⁓warrantable deer were shot at a previous hunt.
Hence unˈwarrantableness.
1633T. Adams Exp. 2 Peter ii. 6 The unwarrantablenesse of their designes. a1653Binning Usef. Case Consc. (1693) 7 The Conscience and Conviction of the Unwarrantableness of it for the want of Authority. 1713E. Calamy Life Baxter (ed. 2) xviii. 486 To prove the unwarrantableness of a Nations defending their Rights and Liberties. 1880Muirhead Gaius ii. §104 note, Studemund's revision has also shown the unwarrantableness of the endo mandatela. |