well-warrantedadj.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clx The wise Mayre, and sage magistrates.., perceyuyng them selfes, neither to be sure of goodes nor of lyfe well warranted, determined with feare to repel..this mischeuous head.

1582 R. Mulcaster 1st Pt. Elementarie xii. 62 Why should we desire to seke foren means.., hauing such a pattern to perfit our writing, by a so well warranted president?

1624 E. Forset Def. Right of Kings 62 The lawfull and necessary act of a well warranted and acknowledged Supremacy.

1644 J. Milton tr. M. Bucer Ivdgem. conc. Divorce 25 A well-warranted rule.

1720 B. Marten New Theory Consumptions iv. 142 It is much safer to adapt a rational Theory to a well warranted Practice, than an hazardous and unexperienced Practice..to the best Theory in the world.

1751 J. Cleland Mem. Coxcomb iii. 268 This pure, and well warranted mistress of her maiden flower.

1839 Christian Examiner & Gen. Rev. Jan. 385 We trust that a hitherto well-warranted prejudice against translations shall forget itself entirely here.

1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda III. v. xxxvii. 119 Hans's hopes caused him uneasiness in spite of his well-warranted conviction that they would never be fulfilled.

1919 Bull. National Assoc. Corporation Schools Dec. 253/1 It is well-warranted criticism to say that, in this epidemic of strikes..organized labor is not showing a proper consideration for public opinion.

1990 C. Smith Presidential Press Conf. v. 98 Luckily for presidents, well-warranted, accurately stated entrapment questions are rare.