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Vindicative definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

VIN'DICATIVE, a.
1. Tending to vindicate.
2. Revengeful. [This is now generally vindictive.]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1521 1. obsolete vindictive, vengeful 2. archaic punitive

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Vindicative Vin"di*ca*tive (?; 277), a. [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.