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   Vindicate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vindicated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Vindicating.] [L. vindicatus, p. p. of vindicare to lay claim to, defend, avenge.  See Vengeance.]
   1. To lay claim to; to assert a right to; to claim.  [R.]
   
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   Is thine alone the seed that strews the plain?
   
   The birds of heaven shall vindicate their grain. Pope.
   
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   2. To maintain or defend with success; to prove to be valid; to assert convincingly; to sustain against assault; as, “to vindicate a right, claim, or title”.
   
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   3. To support or maintain as true or correct, against denial, censure, or objections; to defend; to justify.
   
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   When the respondent denies any proposition, the opponent must directly vindicate . . . that proposition. I. Watts.
   
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   Laugh where we must, be candid where we can,
   
   But vindicate the ways of God to man. Pope.
   
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   4. To maintain, as a law or a cause, by overthrowing enemies.  Milton.
   
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   5. To liberate; to set free; to deliver.  [Obs.]
   
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   I am confident he deserves much more
   
   That vindicates his country from a tyrant
   
   Than he that saves a citizen. Massinger.
   
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   6. To avenge; to punish; as, “a war to vindicate or punish infidelity”.  [Obs.]  Bacon.
   
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   God is more powerful to exact subjection and to vindicate rebellion. Bp. Pearson.
   
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   Syn. -- To assert; maintain; claim.  See Assert.
   
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