distenantv.
/dɪˈstɛnənt/ transitive. To deprive of a tenant or occupier.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > place > absence > fact of being unoccupied > leave unoccupied [verb (transitive)] > make unoccupied
wanec1200
evacuate1607
untenant1640
vacant1649
unstock1655
disnesta1700
to clean out1858
distenant1876
1876 F. W. Farrar In Days of Youth xxii. 211 The darkened and unspiritual intellect, may distenant creation of its God.
Derivatives
disˈtenanted adj. deprived of a tenant; unoccupied.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > [adjective] > not > empty or unoccupied
emptyOE
unoccupied1425
void1479
vacant1518
waste1574
distenanted1594
tenantlessa1616
empse1642
untenanted1677
dead1879
1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. B4 Euerie vnderfoote souldior had a distenanted tunne, as Diogenes had his tub to sleepe in.
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