Crossword clues for vacated
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.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: vacate)
Usage examples of "vacated".
She was about to order something to sustain her during the search for a free table when a large group vacated one of the booths.
Kathy had vacated the second officer's position for Brone at Zainal's request but she hung on to the safety rail, not wishing to miss whatever was go-ing to happen.
She set her hindquarters down directly over the Hold's main entrance, in the space vacated by other dragons.
F'nor and the men had settled themselves in a hastily vacated barrackroom.
They had all reached the end of endurance in double-time life, gratefully creeping back to quarters they had vacated two days and ten Turns ago.
F'lar told Lessa in a quiet voice as he joined her in the foreroom of the weyr which had been hastily vacated by its occupants so that the Master Harper of Pern could be accommodated.
Lessa and F'lar slid onto the stools that Jaxom and Journeyman Harper Piemur vacated for them.
I might have been doing something interesting with someone, but she has now vacated the game, so I have reverted to dullness.
The prior Princess might have died, or just gotten bored and vacated, leaving an opening.
They'd built one road, and the Mission, and then, perhaps failing to find God up here, vacated the place.
There was apparently another part of the show to follow, because nobody vacated their seats.
The shock of the sight of him took her breath away, and she was about to retreat out into the sun until she realized that the body propped up against the far wall was vacated by spirit, its system ticking on to preserve it from mortification.
They were all eager to stretch and so vacated the wagon, dropping down into the hot sands and watching as Grak and his family made camp.
The corporal rose and left the hut while Neufeld took the vacated seat and adjusted the head-phones to his satisfaction.
The girl in green rose to her feet, crossed to the bar, ordered herself another drink and then casually sat down in the chair I had just vacated, her back to me.