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

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  1. a. Tending to vindicate; vindicating; as, a vindicative policy.
  2. a. Revengeful; vindictive.
  3. 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.
  4. a. Tending to vindicate; vindicating; as, a vindicative policy. a. Revengeful; vindictive.