6 dictionary results for: evacuate
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
e·vac·u·ate
[i-vak-yoo-eyt] Pronunciation Key verb, -at·ed, -at·ing.
[i-vak-yoo-eyt] Pronunciation Key verb, -at·ed, -at·ing. –verb (used with object)
–verb (used without object)
| 1. | to leave empty; vacate. |
| 2. | to remove (persons or things) from a place, as a dangerous place or disaster area, for reasons of safety or protection: to evacuate the inhabitants of towns in the path of a flood. |
| 3. | to remove persons from (a city, town, building, area, etc.) for reasons of safety: to evacuate the embassy after a bomb threat. |
| 4. | Military.
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| 5. | Physiology. to discharge or eject as through the excretory passages, esp. from the bowels. |
| 6. | to deprive: Fear evacuated their minds of reason. |
| 7. | to produce a vacuum in. |
| 8. | to leave a place because of military or other threats. |
| 9. | to void; defecate. |
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| e·vac·u·ate
(ĭ-vāk'yōō-āt') Pronunciation Key
v. e·vac·u·at·ed, e·vac·u·at·ing, e·vac·u·ates v. tr.
v. intr.
[Middle English evacuaten, from Latin ēvacuāre, ēvacuāt-, to empty out : ē-, ex-, ex- + vacuus, empty (from vacāre, to be empty; see euə- in Indo-European roots).] e·vac'u·a'tive adj., e·vac'u·a'tor n. |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
evacuate
evacuate
c.1400 (implied in evacuation), from L. evacuatus, pp. of evacuare "empty," used by Pliny in reference to the bowels, used figuratively in L.L. for "clear out," from ex- "out" + vacuus "empty." Earliest sense in Eng. is medical. Meaning "remove inhabitants to safer ground" is from 1934.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| evacuate | |
verb | |
| 1. | move out of an unsafe location into safety; "After the earthquake, residents were evacuated" |
| 2. | empty completely; "evacuate the bottle" |
| 3. | move people from their homes or country |
| 4. | create a vacuum in (a bulb, flask, reaction vessel) |
| 5. | excrete or discharge from the body |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Evacuate
E*vac"u*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Evacuated; p. pr. & vb. n. Evacuating.] [l. evacuatus, p. p. of evacuare to empty, nullify; e out + vacuus empty, vacare to be empty. See Vacate.]1. To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of; as, to evacuate a vessel or dish. 2. Fig.: To make empty; to deprive. [R.] Evacuate the Scriptures of their most important meaning. --Coleridge. 3. To remove; to eject; to void; to discharge, as the contents of a vessel, or of the bowels. 4. To withdraw from; to quit; to retire from; as, soldiers from a country, city, or fortress. The Norwegians were forced to evacuate the country. --Burke. 5. To make void; to nullify; to vacate; as, to evacuate a contract or marriage. [Obs.] --Bacon.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Evacuate
E*vac"u*ate\, v. i. To let blood [Obs.] --Burton.
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