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va⋅cate
[vey-keyt or, especially Brit., vuh-keyt, vey-]
verb, -cat⋅ed, -cat⋅ing.–verb (used with 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. |
–verb (used without object)
| 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. |
Related forms:
va⋅cat⋅a⋅ble, adjective
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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.
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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
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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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