See Also: vindicative(dictionary)

vindicative (iou)



vindicative adjective. LME.
[Old & mod. French vindicative, -tif or medieval Latin vindicativus, formed as VINDICATE.]
= VINDICTIVE adjective 1. LME-M18.
= VINDICTIVE adjective 2. Now rare. E17.
Serving to vindicate a thing etc. by defence or assertion. M17.
vindicativeness noun vindictiveness M17.