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e⋅vac⋅u⋅ate
[i-vak-yoo-eyt]
verb, -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing.–verb (used with 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. |
–verb (used without object)
| 8. | to leave a place because of military or other threats. |
| 9. | to void; defecate. |
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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.Evacuate
E*vac"u*ate\, v. i. To let blood [Obs.] --Burton.
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Language Translation for : evacuate
Spanish:
evacuar,
German:
verlegen,
Japanese:
撤退する
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
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Main Entry: evac·u·ate
Pronunciation: i-'vak-y&-"wAt
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: -at·ed; -at·ing
transitivesenses
1 : to remove the contents of <evacuate an abscess>
2 : to discharge (as urine or feces) from the body as waste :
: to pass urine or feces from the body —evac·u·a·tive /-"wAt-iv/ adjective
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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evacuate e·vac·u·ate (ĭ-vāk'y&oomacr;-āt')
v. e·vac·u·at·ed, e·vac·u·at·ing, e·vac·u·ates
- To empty or remove the contents of.
- To excrete or discharge waste matter, especially of the bowels.
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