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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