Crossword clues for vacate
vacate
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Vacate \Va"cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vacated; p. pr. & vb. n. Vacating.] [L. vacare, vacatum, to be empty. See Vacant.]
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.
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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.
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To defeat; to put an end to. [R.]
He vacates my revenge.
--Dryden.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1640s, "to make void, to annul," from Latin vacatus, past participle of vacare "be empty, be void" (see vain). Meaning "to leave, give up, quit" (a place) is attested from 1791. Related: Vacated; vacating.
Wiktionary
vb. 1 To move out of a dwelling, either by choice or by eviction. 2 To leave an office or position. 3 To have a court judgement set aside; to annul. 4 To leave an area, usually as a result of orders from public authority in the event of a riot or natural disaster.
WordNet
v. leave (a job, post, post, or position) voluntarily; "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds" [syn: resign, renounce, give up]
leave behind empty; move out of; "You must vacate your office by tonight" [syn: empty, abandon]
annul by recalling or rescinding; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence" [syn: revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind]
Usage examples of "vacate".
In order to add to the income Auntie decided to move into the dining-room, move the cook into the kitchen, and let the two rooms, thus vacated, with board.
He pushed the intruding thoughts aside and indicated the chair that Hobart Batt had recently vacated.
Kirk, Spock, and bn Bem found themselves secured within the three cages only recently vacated.
Under the ring, in the cellarage, was housed the menagerie which the imperial beasts had temporarily vacated in favour of those of Colonel Kearney.
His silent paces carried him along the vacated street, into darkness that gathered him into its own enshrouding folds.
It is officially announced by the State Department that citizens of the United States holding commissions and recognized as Consuls of foreign powers, are not by law exempt from military service if drafted: Therefore the mere enrolment of a citizen holding a foreign consulate will not be held to vacate his commission, but if he shall be drafted his exequatur will be revoked unless he shall have previously resigned in order that another Consul may be received.
He waved Gorde to the place vacated by Whitaker, found room for Otto, called for food to be brought.
He nodded curtly to Mr Hynes and sat down on the chair which the old man vacated.
Liz filled the place vacated by his mother and Inga Tollefson brought the pleasant memory back to his mind.
As Jarrock led the way into another room, servants promptly entered the one vacated to rearrange the various items and tag them with the names of the purchasers.
Kane sat on the couch Incony Venytys had just vacated, while Rai joined the Weaponer.
Revised Statutes of nine-teen eighty-sevenif a senatorship is vacated by death with more than half of the unexpired term remaining a special election must be held at a date to be set before the next session of Congress.
He went out, and after a moment Suni came over and took the chair he had vacated.
Flattened by the storm, vacated by the Air Force, jilted by the Cleveland Indians, the city is frantic for a boost.
Then he limped to that hut vacated by Weamish, and here he passed a wakeful night, by reason of sprains, bruises, and contusions.