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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.]
   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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   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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   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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   To maintain, as a law or a cause, by overthrowing enemies.
   Milton.
   
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   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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   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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