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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
Vindicable, adj. [17th c. Eng. vindicable (1647), OF vindicable, late L. vindicābilis.] Vengeful. — 1632 Lithgow Trav. i 7.
Any obuious obiect of disastrous misfortune: or perhaps any vindicable action, [which] might from an vnsetled ranckour be conceiued
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