Justified

ppl. a. [f. JUSTIFY + -ED¹.] Made just or right; made or accounted righteous; warranted; supported by evidence; in Printing: see JUSTIFY v. 9.

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a. 1586. Sidney, Arcadia, II. (1590), 128. That bad officer … gave him leave … to bear his sword prepared for the justified murther.

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1671–2. T. Marshall, Lett. to Dr. Fell, 9 Feb. (in H. Hart, Cent. Typogr. Oxford, 169/1). A large Collection of Proofes from Jæques Vallet, w^ch shew y^e various Sorts of justifyed Matrices he is willing to sell.

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1738. Wesley, Ps. CXVIII. vi. The Voice of Joy, and Love, and Praise … Among the Justified is found.

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1820. R. Hall, Wks. (1832), VI. 306. Either impenitent sinners or justified believers.

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1891. J. Winsor, Columbus, II. 55. A scholarly and justified narrative.

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