Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Vindicative \Vin"di*ca*tive\ (?; 277), a. [Cf. F. vindicatif.
   Cf. {Vindictive}.]
   1. Tending to vindicate; vindicating; as, a vindicative
      policy.

   2. Revengeful; vindictive. [Obs.]

            Vindicative persons live the life of witches, who,
            as they are mischievous, so end they infortunate.
                                                  --Bacon.
      -- {Vin"di*ca*tive*ness}, n.