Vindicated
[vɪndɪ,keɪtid]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Vindicate
Checker: Mae
Examples
- Olympias then reappeared in Macedonia, a woman proudly vindicated. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Mrs. Bulstrode was vindicated from any resemblance to her husband. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The bounties upon the exportation of British made sail-cloth, and British made gunpowder, may, perhaps, both be vindicated upon this principle. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Today the game stands vindicated and triumphant. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- They vindicated him against the base aspersion. Jane Austen. Emma.
- He had displayed the one, and vindicated the other. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Your innocence is to be vindicated; and they show how it can be done. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- In view of the crudity of the instrument at that time, it must be acknowledged that Edison's foresight, as vindicated by later events was most remarkable. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The one fact I had ascertained vindicated her reputation. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- His own look vindicated him; he grew hot, and coloured as he read. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- By the Ferris wheel the almost indefinite application of the tension spoke to wheels of large dimensions has been vindicated, the expense being far smaller than that of the stiff spoke. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Edison's clear insight into the future, as illustrated by his persistent advocacy of large direct-connected generating units, is abundantly vindicated by present-day practice. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The archer vindicated their opinion of his skill: his arrow split the willow rod against which it was aimed. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
Checker: Mae