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VINDICATORILY.
OF. vindicateitr. It. vindicatore, Pg, vindicador^
One who vindicates, in various senses of the verb.
fS66 Painter Pal. Pleas. I. 68 For as Romutus was the
first builder and peopler of that citic, so was Caiiiillus the
vindicator and deliuerer of the same. 1647 Clarendon
Hist. Reh. III. § 3 A man, who in the memory of many
Csent, bad sate in that House an earnest vindicator of the
»rs. i^i Baxter Inf.Bapt. 314 Dr. Twissc, and all our
modem vindicators of grace. 1603 Drvden Disc. Satire
Hiss (ed. Kcr) II. 87 A noble soul is better pleased with a
zealous vindicator of Roman liberty, than with a temporising
poet. 1714 FoRTKscuE-Ai-AND Fortcscuc's Abs.ff /-//«.
MoH. Ded. 4 Our Author was so great a Lover and Vindicator
of it Ilhe Engli-ih Constitution]. 1701 Genii. Mag,
Jan. «/i A certain vindicator of the Marbles, .has taken
occasion.. to insult.. Le Clerc x8»7 Scott Surg. Dan.
xtii. When this eager vindicator of betrayed innocence
arrived in the capital of Hyder. 1849 Robertson Sertu.
Ser. I. xi. (1855) 190 Job knew that God was the vindicator
of wrongs. 1884 sped . ^ O^Li. 1320/2 Our author, .has.
entered the lists. -as the vindicator of the claims of the
Highland Crofters.
Hence Ti-ndicatorsUp, the personality of a
vindicator. rarr~^.
1695 J. Sage Fnndam, Charter Presbyt. Pref. (1607) 1 4,
It was necessary for his Vindicatorship to justify this
Separation.
Vindicatorily, adv. [f. Vindicatory a.] In
a vindicatory or justifying manner.
1854 N. P. Willis in Ltfeff Lett. W. /rving- (iZ6i) IV.
179 Thus vindicatorily of his frietid spoke the just and
kind Geoffrey Crayon. 1891 igth Cent. Dec. 1019 'i'he
vindicatorily personal denial of Councils of War in 1866.
Vindicatory (vi-ndik^tsri), a. [f. Vindicate
V. -*- -ORT.]
1. Serving to vindicate ; justificatory, defensive.
1647 Royally RoyallisCs Plea 13 The warre on the Kings
side IS vindicatory and defensorie. 1755 Johnson, Viudicatory^
defensory ; justificatory. 180a Mrs. J. West Infidel
Father 111. 25S No proud aggression of vindicatory virtue
would be '.-isible in her manner. 1863 Gto. Eliot Romola
111. xxiii, A favourable magistracy .. were writing urgent
vindicator^" letters to Rome on his behalf. 1884 tgthCeni,
May 860 The teaching of the parent Legislature does not
end with the record of the famous contentions and vindicatory
triumphs of the past from which it is derived.
2. Avenging punitive, retributive.
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1655 Bramhall Def. True Liberty 83 The afflictions of
Job were no vindicatory punishments to take vengeance
of his sins, . .but probatory chasti cement 5 to make triall of
his graces. 1765 Blackjtone Cojinit. I. 56 To make the
sanction of their laws rather vindicatory than remuneratory,
or to consist rather in punishments, than in actual particular
rewards. x8oo Ann. Reg. 153 The laws should be vindicatory
on such occasions. 1874 Bl'shnell Forgiveuess '. Error 44 Pleasure brings as
surely in her train, Remorse, and Sorrow, and vindictive
Pain. i8»7 I'ollok Course J'. 11, He. .Amidst vindictive
thunders lets them try The stoutness of their heart. 187S
PosTE Gains 1. Introd., Sometimes the sanction is retribu-
Hve or vindictive, the expression of the conscience or moral
sentiments of the Society.
0. Of deities : Inliicting punishment for wrongdoing.
1703 RowE Ulysses iii. i. Vindictive Jove prepares his
Thunder. Let the Wrong-doer and the Tyrant tremble.
1781 CowpER Export. 407 The fast that wins deliv'rance,
and suspends The stroke that a vindictive God intends, Is
to renounce hypocrisy.
3. Vindictive damages^ damages awarded not
only as compensation to the plaintiff but also as
a punishment to the defendant.
i8i3^««. Rjg.^Chron.bj It seemed established that there
was no gross misconduct ..on the part of the coachman, to
call for vindictive damages.
f B. sb. An act of punishment. Obsr'^
17»6 De Foe Hist. Devil i. i. 12 Who., could give a full
. .account of the deluge, whether it was a meer vindictive,
a blast from heaven ?
Vindictively (vindi-ktivli), adv. [f. prec. +
-LY 2.] In a vindictive manner; revengefully.
1737 Bailev (vol. II). 1755 Johnson, Revengingly., with
vengeance; vindictively. 1827 Pollok Course T. x,_ Has
He not. .given at times Example fierce of wrath and judgment,
poured Vindictively on nations guilty long? 1837
SvD. Smith Wks, {1859) ''• 287/2 Such a power might be
maliciously and vindictively exercised. 1878 Leckv Eng.
in 18th C. I. iv. 534 The leaders of fashion.. steadily and
vindictively derided them.
ViudictiveuesS (vindi'ktivnes). [f. as prec.
+ -NESS.] The state or character of being vindic-
tive ; revengefulness.
+ Vindict. Obs. rare, [ad. L, vitidkta.'] Ven-
1676 Hale Contem^l. i. 476 If it found any corruptions
within, either of Pride, Vain Glory, Insolence, Vindictiyeness,
or the like. 1679 Pranck Add. Narr. 45 That which
makes it more remarkable, is, That this Vindictiveness was
exercised towards men of his own Religion. 1740 Rhjhaku*
SON Pamela (1824) I. 381 Here, to recapitulate my faults, is,
in the first place, vindictiveness; I will not call it downright
revenge. 1800 Cogan Passions 11. i. (1802) 195 I here
is a vindictiveness in fear, which may render it dangerous
to its most innocent cause. 1844 H. H. Wilson Brit. India
III. 180 'i'he shield thrown over their dependants against
their tyranny or vindictiveness. ,1884 A. R. Pennington
IViclify'vi. 242 Hetellsus. .that vindictiveness had mingled
geance, revenge ; retribution.
1639 Guild in Spalding Troubles (1828)1. 314 As Simeon
and Levi, pretending religion, but intending their own
private vmdict. 1675 R. Burthogge Causa Dei 141 The
Punishments annexed to them must be executed on
offenders, they being Vindicts and concerning God.
Vindictive (vindi'ktiv), a. and sb. [f. L,
vinduta vengeance, revenge + -ive.]
A. adj. 1. Of persons ; Given to revenge ; having
a revengeful disposition. (Cf. Vindicative
a. I.)
with his rigliteous indignation.
Vindicti'volence. noncc-wd, [f. L. vindida
vengeance, after malevolence. The desire of re-
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venging oneself or of taking vengeance^
1865 J- Grote Moral Ideals {i8y6) 261 Ill-will is perhap-s
always a form or mode of vindictivolence, i.e. is connecied
with a feeling of ourselves as somehow wronged.
t Vindi'Ctor. Obs.~^ [Irrcg. f. L. vindicta ]
= Vindicator.
1677 Gale Crt. Gentiles iv. 6 It being a Science that
teacheth the difference of good and evil ; and the Conser-
1616 BuLLOKAR Eng. Expos. f Vindictim, reuengefull, or
apt to reuen^e. \'J^ecn first known at an Egyptian town,
if the Egyptians had no vines. 1870 H. Macmillan True
Vine V. (1872) 190 The celebrated vine of Hampton Court is
a most productive bearer.
A representation ©f a vine in metal, em-
etc. ; also, in mod. use, an omainental
cut by a skater on the ice.
fz 1400 Sqr, Icnve Degre 207 With vines of golde set all
aboute Within your shelde, . . Fulfylled with ymagery.
a 1400-50 Alexander -^b^j Be-twene ^e pelers was pi5t with
precious leuys, Gilden wynes with grapis of gracious stanes.
1506 Lincoln Wills (1914) I. 44 A whyte pece with a coveryng
wroght with grapes or vynes on it. 1633 P. Fletcher
Purple Isl. xr. xlii, Agneia.. spying Methos fenc't in 's iron
vine, Pierc't his swoln panch. x88ii .Sheldon tr. Flaubert's
Salammbd g These cups were embellished on each of their
six golden faces by an emerald vine. 1891 G. H. Kingsley
sp. ^ Tra7t, (1900) 460 When you have a pair of skates on,
and an admiring circle of spectators to excite you into
developing your most exquisite * vines'.
d. collect. Vine-plants. rare~~^,
1779 FoKREsr Voy. N. Guinea 382 The Chinese keep the
ground very clean Ijetween the rows of vine.
2. Jig, a. Applied to Christ, in renderings or
echoes of John xv. i and 5.
CXJJ.S Shoreiiam i. 804 For iesus scy\) \>c vygne he hys,
And tice J>e greyn of wete. 13. . /;. E. Allit. P. A. 628 In
^le water of babtem J)ay dyssente, pen ariie Jiay boro5t in-to
be vyne. 1382 Wvclif John xv. 5, I am a vyne, ^e ben the
braunchis. c 1450 Mj-rr. oure Ladye 281, I as a vyne haue
fruited the swetnesse of smelle. .. In this Chapyter, oure
h>rde ys lykened to a vyne. 1526 Pilgr. Per/. (W. de W.
1531) 222 b, For in that our lorde is as a vyne, and all
chiysiyans be as the braunches of the sayd vyne. 1568
Lauder Godlie Tract. 395 Christ Iesus, the faithfull wine.
1597 Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. Ivi. (1611) 308 That true Vine
whereof wee both spiritually and corporally are branches.
1870 H. Macmillan True Vine 26 Its full significance was
not known until Christ, the True Vine, made it known.
b. In allusion to Ps. cxxviii. 3.
1787 M. Cutler in Z,//^,etc. (1888) 1. 289 He.. has married
a wife, who bids fair to be a fruitful vine, for she has had
three children in four year^. 1807 Crahbe Par. Reg. \. 477
Now of that vine he'd have no more increase, Those playful
branches now disturb his peace.
C. In miscellaneous uses.
1590 [see Elm sb. 3]. 1611 Shaks, Cymb. iv, ii. 60 Grow
patient, And let the stinking- Klder (Greefe) vntwine His
perishing roote, with the encreasing Vine. 1639 S. l>u
Verc;er tr. Camus' Admir. Erenis 149 Zotique..had like
a furious wild Boare made a prodigious spoyle in the vine
of many womens honesty. [Cf. Ps. Ixxx. 8, 13.I 1643 [see
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