† vendicatev.
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To claim for oneself.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > dueness or propriety > [verb (transitive)] > claim > claim for oneself
ownOE
vendicate1531
brand1596
vindicate1725
bag1914
1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. iii. sig. Yvv His body so pertayneth vnto him, that none other without his consent, may vendicate therein any propretie.
1543–4 Act 35 Hen. VIII c. 1 They..haue vsurped, and vendicated a fayned and an vnlawfull power and iurisdiction within this realme.
1560 Bible (Geneva) To Rdr. iiij Not that we vendicat any thing to our selues aboue the least of our brethren.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Vendiquer, to vendicate; to claime, or challenge.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Vendicate, to claim or challenge to himself.
2. With infinitive: To assert a claim, to claim ability, to do something.
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the mind > language > statement > assertion without proof > [verb (transitive)] > claim, maintain, or profess
to bear (a person or thing) in (also an, a, on) handc1300
pretend1402
presumea1470
profess1530
vendicate1557
pretence1567
intend1570
to show for ——1573
affect1606
to make out1659
purport1679
proport1884
1557 Bible (Whittingham) 1 Cor. ii. 2 I dyd not vendicat to my selfe to knowe any thyng among you, saue Iesus Christe.
1616 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale xii. 230 Wee have twoe Ladies, which, with your trim paire, dare vendicate to singe.
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