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Vindicate Definition

vĭndĭ-kāt
vindicatedvindicatesvindicating
verb
vindicatedvindicatesvindicating
To clear from criticismblameguiltsuspicionetc.; uphold by evidence or argument.
Webster's New World
To defend or maintain (a causeclaimetc.) against opposition.
Webster's New World
To serve as justification for; justify.
A success which vindicated their belief in him.
Webster's New World
To lay claim to or establish possession of (something for oneself or another)
Webster's New World
To avenge.
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Origin of Vindicate

  • From Latin vindicātusperfect passive participle of vindicō (“lay legal claim to something; set free; protectavengepunish")from vimaccusative singular of vÄ«s (“forcepower")+ dÄ«cō (“say; declarestate").

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin vindicāre vindicāt- from vindex vindic- suretyavenger deik- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language5th Edition

Vindicate Sentence Examples

  • Miracles alone cannot vindicate the divinity of immoral doctrine.

  • It reasserts themwith resolute loyalty; but if philosophy ought to vindicateto explainperhaps incidentally to modifyevenit may beto purify our primary beliefsintuitionalism is hardly a philosophy at all.

  • But in addition to bringing forward a fundamental and philosophical view of morbid processeswhich probably contributed more than any other single cause to vindicate for pathology the place which he claimed for it among the biological sciencesVirchow made many important contributions to histology and morbid anatomy and to the study of particular diseases.

  • He was less fortunate in his efforts to vindicate the rights of his wife Beatrix to the throne of Portugal.

  • The main object of the Moralists is to propound a system of natural theologyand to vindicateso far as natural religion is concernedthe ways of God to man.

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Words Starting With

VVIVIN

Words Ending With

ETEATE

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Words Starting With V and Ending With E

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