Vin"di*ca*tive [Cf. F. vindicatif. Cf. Vindictive.]

1.

Tending to vindicate; vindicating; as, a vindicative policy.

2.

Revengeful; vindictive.

[Obs.]

Vindicative persons live the life of witches, who, as they are mischievous, so end they infortunate. Bacon.

-- Vin"di*ca*tive*ness, n.

 

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