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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 

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