Vindicatory: Definition and part of speech

Vindicatory

  1. a. Inflicting punishment; avenging; punitory.
  2. a. Tending or serving to vindicate or justify; justificatory; vindicative.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Vindicate: Definition and part of speech

Vindicate

  1. v. t. To avenge; to punish; as, a war to vindicate or punish infidelity.
  2. v. t. To lay claim to; to assert a right to; to claim.
  3. v. t. 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.
  4. v. t. To support or maintain as true or correct, against denial, censure, or objections; to defend; to justify.
  5. v. t. To maintain, as a law or a cause, by overthrowing enemies.
  6. v. t. To liberate; to set free; to deliver.
  7. The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Vindication: Definition and part of speech

Vindication

  1. n. The claiming a thing as one’s own; the asserting of a right or title in, or to, a thing.
  2. n. The act of vindicating, or the state of being vindicated; defense; justification against denial or censure; as, the vindication of opinions; his vindication is complete.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Vinculum: Definition and part of speech

Vinculum

  1. n. A commissure uniting the two main tendons in the foot of certain birds.
  2. n. A bond of union; a tie.
  3. n. A straight, horizontal mark placed over two or more members of a compound quantity, which are to be subjected to the same operation, as in the expression x2 + y2 – x + y.
  4. n. A band or bundle of fibers; a fraenum.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.