v. Obs. [ad. L. vendicāt-, ppl. stem of vendicāre, variant of vindicāre VINDICATE v. Cf. obs. F. vendiquer.]
1. trans. To claim for oneself.
1531. Elyot, Gov., III. iii. His body so pertayneth unto 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. Cotgr., Vendiquer, to vendicate; to claime, or challenge. [Hence in Blount (1656).]
2. With inf.: To assert a claim, to claim ability, to do something.
1557. N. T. (Geneva), 1 Cor. ii. 2. I dyd not vendicat to my selfe to knowe any thyng among you, saue Iesus Christe.
1616. J. Lane, Contn. Sqr.’s T., XII. 230. Wee have twoe Ladies, which, with your trim paire, dare vendicate to singe.
