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Vacating

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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vacating

vb. (present participle of vacate English)

Usage examples of "vacating".

My vacating the city would have a serious and dire impact on all of the above-named individuals.

If the guy in the reflector sun glasses started to rot or to bleed out like Entragian, David was vacating this tree in a hurry, and never mind the mummy that might be lurking somewhere in the woods below.