Vin'di-cā/tive, a.

(Synop., § 130), a. [Fr. vindicatif, Sp. & Pg. vindicativo, It. vendicativo.]

1. Tending to vindicate; vindicating.
2. Revengeful; vindictive. [Obs.]

Vindicative persons live the lives of wretches, who as they are mischievous, so end they unfortunately. Bacon.