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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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