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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
va·cate 
[vey-keyt or, especially Brit., vuh-keyt, vey-] Pronunciation Key verb, -cat·ed, -cat·ing.
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[vey-keyt or, especially Brit., vuh-keyt, vey-] Pronunciation Key verb, -cat·ed, -cat·ing. –verb (used with object)
–verb (used without object)
| 1. | to give up possession or occupancy of: to vacate an apartment. |
| 2. | to give up or relinquish (an office, position, etc.): to vacate the presidency of a firm. |
| 3. | to render inoperative; deprive of validity; void; annul: to vacate a legal judgment. |
| 4. | to cause to be empty or unoccupied; make vacant: to vacate one's mind of worries. |
| 5. | to withdraw from occupancy; surrender possession: We will have to vacate when our lease expires. |
| 6. | to give up or leave a position, office, etc. |
| 7. | to leave; go away. |
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va·cat·a·ble, adjective
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Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| va·cate
(vā'kāt', vā-kāt') Pronunciation Key
v. va·cat·ed, va·cat·ing, va·cates v. tr.
v. intr. To leave a job, office, or lodging. [Latin vacāre, vacāt-, to be empty; see euə- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
vacate
vacate
1643, "to make void, to annul," from L. vacatum, pp. of vacare "to be empty" (see vain). Meaning "to leave, give up, quit" (a place) is attested from 1791.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| vacate | |
verb | |
| 1. | leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily; "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds" |
| 2. | leave behind empty; move out of; "You must vacate your office by tonight" |
| 3. | cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence" [syn: revoke] |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: va·cate
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: va·cat·ed; va·cat·ing
transitive verb 1 : to make void : ANNUL, SET ASIDE <vacate a lower court order>
2 a : to make vacant b : to give up the occupancy of intransitive verb : to vacate an office, post, or tenancy
Main Entry: va·cate
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: va·cat·ed; va·cat·ing
transitive verb 1 : to make void : ANNUL, SET ASIDE <vacate a lower court order>
2 a : to make vacant b : to give up the occupancy of intransitive verb : to vacate an office, post, or tenancy
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Vacate
Va"cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vacated; p. pr. & vb. n. Vacating.] [L. vacare, vacatum, to be empty. See Vacant.]1. To make vacant; to leave empty; to cease from filling or occupying; as, it was resolved by Parliament that James had vacated the throne of England; the tenant vacated the house. 2. To annul; to make void; to deprive of force; to make of no authority or validity; as, to vacate a commission or a charter; to vacate proceedings in a cause. That after act vacating the authority of the precedent. --Eikon Basilike. The necessity of observing the Jewish Sabbath was Vacated by the apostolical institution of the Lord's Day. --R. Nelson. 3. To defeat; to put an end to. [R.] He vacates my revenge. --Dryden.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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