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Webster 1913 Edition
Vindicative
1.
Tending to vindicate; vindicating;
as, a
. vindicative
policy2.
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
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Vindicative
VIN'DICATIVE
, a.1.
Tending to vindicate.2.
Revengeful. [This is now generally vindictive.]