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   Evacuate (?), 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”.
   
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   2. Fig.: To make empty; to deprive. [R.]
   
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   Evacuate the Scriptures of their most important meaning. Coleridge.
   
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   3. To remove; to eject; to void; to discharge, as the contents of a vessel, or of the bowels.
   
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   4. To withdraw from; to quit; to retire from; as, soldiers from a country, city, or fortress.
   
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   The Norwegians were forced to evacuate the country. Burke.
   
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   5. To make void; to nullify; to vacate; as, “to evacuate a contract or marriage”. [Obs.]  Bacon.
   
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   evacuated adj.
   1. p. p. of evacuate.
   
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   2. emptied of gas by being pumped out or having a vacuum created; as, “a highly evacuated glass tube”.
   
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