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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: vindicate - vintage year</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="vindicate"> vindicate, transitive verb, -cated, -cating.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to clear from suspicion, dishonor, or any charge of wrongdoing. Ex. The verdict of "not guilty" vindicated him. (SYN) exculpate. <DD> 2. to defend successfully against opposition; uphold; justify. Ex. The heir vindicated his claim to the fortune. <DD> 3. to assert a claim to; establish possession of. <DD> 4. (Obsolete.) to make or set free; deliver or rescue (from). </DL> <A NAME="vindication"> vindication, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act of vindicating or state of being vindicated; defense; justification. </DL> <A NAME="vindicative"> vindicative, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. tending to vindicate; justifying. <DD> 2. (Obsolete.) vindictive. </DL> <A NAME="vindicator"> vindicator, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who vindicates; one who justifies, maintains, or defends. </DL> <A NAME="vindicatory"> vindicatory, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. serving to vindicate or justify; defensive. <DD> 2. avenging; punitive; retaliatory. </DL> <A NAME="vindictive"> vindictive, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. wanting revenge; bearing a grudge. Ex. He is so vindictive that he never forgives anybody. (SYN) revengeful, spiteful. <DD> 2. showing a strong tendency toward revenge. Ex. Vindictive acts rarely do much good. (SYN) revengeful, spiteful. adv. vindictively. noun vindictiveness. </DL> <A NAME="vindupays"> vin du pays,<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) <DD> 1. locally produced wine. Ex. Most roses are vin du pays and should be drunk where they grow and when they're young (Atlantic). <DD> 2. (literally) wine of the country. </DL> <A NAME="vine"> vine, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. any plant with a long, slender stem that grows along the ground, or that climbs by attaching itself to a wall, tree, or other support. Melons and pumpkins grow on vines. Ivy is a vine. <DD> 2. the stem of any trailing or climbing plant. <DD> 3. =grapevine. expr. wither on the vine, to end prematurely or fruitlessly; abort. Ex. An enterprise that does not attract customers soon withers on the vine (William Henry Chamberlin). adj. vinelike. </DL> <A NAME="vineal"> vineal, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with vines or wine. Ex. vineal aroma, vineal exports. </DL> <A NAME="vineborer"> vine borer,<DL COMPACT><DD> the larva of any one of certain beetles and moths, that bores into the wood or root of vines and is often very destructive. </DL> <A NAME="vineclad"> vine-clad, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> clad or covered with vines. </DL> <A NAME="vined"> vined, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. having leaves like those of a vine; ornamented with vine leaves. Ex. wreathed and vined and figured columns (Henry Wotton). <DD> 2. separated from the pod or vine. Ex. Most vegetables, including vined peas, are air-dried (London Times). </DL> <A NAME="vinedresser"> vinedresser, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who prunes, trains, and cultivates vines, especially grapevines. </DL> <A NAME="vinegar"> vinegar, noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a sour liquid produced by the fermenting of cider, wine, beer, ale, malt, or the like, consisting largely of dilute, impure acetic acid. Vinegar is used in salad dressing and in flavoring or preserving food. <DD> 2. a preparation made by macerating a drug in dilute acetic acid and filtering. <DD> 3. (Figurative.) speech or temper of a sour or acid character. Ex. several little sprinklings of wordy vinegar (Dickens). <DD>v.t. to treat with vinegar; put vinegar in or on. adj. vinegarlike. </DL> <A NAME="vinegareel"> vinegar eel or worm,<DL COMPACT><DD> a minute nematode worm found commonly in vinegar. </DL> <A NAME="vinegarette"> vinegarette, noun. =vinaigrette.</DL> <A NAME="vinegarfly"> vinegar fly,<DL COMPACT><DD> a fruit fly that is attracted by fermentation and develops in pickles, jam, and decaying fruit. </DL> <A NAME="vinegarish"> vinegarish, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> somewhat like vinegar; sourish. Ex. [The] Bishop of London ... had some vinegarish afterthoughts about the meeting of the World Council of Churches last year (Newsweek). </DL> <A NAME="vinegaroon"> vinegaroon, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a large whip scorpion of the southwest United States, mistakenly believed to be poisonous, and, when alarmed, having an odor like that of vinegar. </DL> <A NAME="vinegary"> vinegary, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or like vinegar; sour. Ex. This salad dressing has a vinegary taste. (Figurative.) That cross, old woman has a vinegary disposition. </DL> <A NAME="vineless"> vineless, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having no vines. </DL> <A NAME="vinelet"> vinelet, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a young vine. </DL> <A NAME="viner"> viner, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a machine for harvesting and shelling peas. Ex. a mobile viner. </DL> <A NAME="vinery"> vinery, noun, pl. -eries.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1a. a hothouse for the cultivation of grapevines; grapery. <DD> b. (Obsolete.) a vineyard. <DD> 2. vines collectively. </DL> <A NAME="vineyard"> vineyard, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a place planted with grapevines. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) a field or sphere of activity, especially religious work. </DL> <A NAME="vineyarding"> vineyarding, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the cultivation of vineyards. </DL> <A NAME="vineyardist"> vineyardist, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who engages in growing vines. </DL> <A NAME="vingtetun"> vingt-et-un, noun. =twenty-one.</DL> <A NAME="vinic"> vinic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of, obtained, or derived from wine or alcohol. </DL> <A NAME="vinicultural"> vinicultural, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with viniculture. adv. viniculturally. </DL> <A NAME="viniculture"> viniculture, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the cultivation of grapes for the production of wine. </DL> <A NAME="viniculturist"> viniculturist, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who cultivates grapes for the production of wine. </DL> <A NAME="vinifera"> vinifera, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with or designating the chief species of grapes used in Europe to make the finest wines, transplanted to California, South America, Africa, and Australia. </DL> <A NAME="viniferous"> viniferous, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> yielding or producing wine. </DL> <A NAME="vinification"> vinification, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the process of making wine; conversion of the juice of grapes or the like into wine by fermentation. </DL> <A NAME="vinificator"> vinificator, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an apparatus for collecting alcoholic vapor that rises from fermenting grape juice in making wine. </DL> <A NAME="vinify"> vinify, transitive verb, -fied, -fying.<DL COMPACT><DD> to make wine from; convert the juice of (grapes or the like) into wine by fermentation. </DL> <A NAME="vino"> vino, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. =wine. <DD> 2. an alcoholic liquor consisting of the fermented leaves and sap of the coconut and the talipot palm, drunk in the Philippines, Guam, and western Mexico. </DL> <A NAME="vinology"> vinology, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the study of wines; oenology. </DL> <A NAME="vinometer"> vinometer, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an instrument for measuring the alcoholic strength or the purity of wine. </DL> <A NAME="vinordinaire"> vin ordinaire,<DL COMPACT><DD> a low-priced wine (usually red) ordinarily served at meals in France and elsewhere. </DL> <A NAME="vinosity"> vinosity, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the quality or condition of being vinous. <DD> 2. fondness for, or addiction to wine. </DL> <A NAME="vinous"> vinous, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. of, like, or having to do with wine. <DD> 2. caused by drinking wine. <DD> 3. addicted to wine. <DD> 4. red, like wine; having a wine-colored tinge. adv. vinously. </DL> <A NAME="vinrose"> vin rose,<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) rose. </DL> <A NAME="vinrouge"> vin rouge,<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) red wine. </DL> <A NAME="vint"> vint (1), transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to make (vintage wine). Ex. I wouldn't give a straw for the best wine that was ever vinted after it had lain here a couple of years (Anthony Trollope). </DL> <A NAME="vint"> vint (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a Russian card game resembling auction bridge. </DL> <A NAME="vinta"> vinta, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a kind of dugout or canoe with outriggers, used in the Philippines, especially by the Moros. </DL> <A NAME="vintage"> vintage, noun, adjective, verb, -taged, -taging.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. the wine from a certain crop of grapes. Some vintages are better than others. <DD> 2. a year's crop of grapes. <DD> 3. the year in which a particular wine, especially one of outstanding quality, was produced. <DD> 4. the gathering of grapes for making wine. <DD> 5. the season of gathering grapes and making wine. <DD> 6. (Figurative.) the output of anything at some particular time; something which was fashionable or popular during an earlier season. Ex. Her old hat was of the vintage of 1940. <DD> 7. (Figurative.) age, especially old age. Ex. Hamlin's staging respects the play's vintage (Howard Taubman). <DD>adj. 1. of outstanding quality; choice. Ex. vintage wines. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) of antique or classic style or excellence. Ex. a vintage thoroughbred, a vintage Rolls-Royce engine. <DD> 3. (Figurative.) out-of-date; old-fashioned. Ex. a vintage streetcar. <DD>v.t. to make (wine) from gathered grapes; vint. Ex. Marne, where the true sparkling champagne is vintaged (Pall Mall Gazette). </DL> <A NAME="vintager"> vintager, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who gathers grapes for making wine; laborer at the vintage. </DL> <A NAME="vintageyear"> vintage year,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a year in which a particular outstanding wine was produced. <DD> 2. a year distinguished for some particular accomplishment. </DL> <A HREF="vintner.dic">NEXT</A>