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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Evacuate \E*vac"u*ate\, v. i. To let blood [Obs.] --Burton. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: evacuate v 1: move out of an unsafe location into safety; "AFter the earthquake, residents were evacuated" 2: empty completely; "evacuate the bottle" 3: move people from their homes or country 4: create a vacuum in (a bulb, flask, reaction vessel, etc.) [syn: {exhaust}] 5: excrete or discharge from the body [syn: {void}, {eliminate}, {empty}]
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