† vacuateadj.
Obsolete. rare.
As past participle: made empty.
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the world > space > place > absence > fact of being unoccupied > [adjective] > empty > emptied
voideda1382
vacuate?a1475
emptied1555
disburdened1598
exantlate1651
exhausted1668
evacuated1684
depleted1870
deplete1880
?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1871) III. 339 Philippus..scholde destroye sone the cite if that hit were vacuate and voide of discrete men.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
† vacuatev.
Obsolete.
1. transitive.
a. To clear out; = evacuate v. 5.
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the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > clear out or away
kill?c1225
purge1340
void1390
roota1398
devoida1400
rida1450
betwechec1450
redd1479
to make (clean, quick, etc.) riddance1528
expurge1542
vacuate1572
free1599
cleanse1628
rede1638
to clear out1655
dress1701
to clear away1711
to clear off1766
dissaturate1866
cancel1990
1572 J. Jones Benefit Bathes of Buckstones f. 15v Galen willeth to vacuat, clense, or empty, that which is euill.
1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse 49 That so the superfluous humidity of his stomach may be vacuated.
1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. v, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Y2 Senny, Rhabarb..vacuate flegm also.
1761 Ann. Reg. 1760 i. 158/2 We have..portable ventilators which are continually employed in vacuating the foul air from our hold.
b. To empty; = evacuate v. 1.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatments removing or dispersing matter > remove or disperse [verb (transitive)] > purge
purge1340
loosec1400
physicc1400
scour1489
lask1540
loosen1587
vacuate1651
unload1653
clear1719
the world > space > place > absence > fact of being unoccupied > leave unoccupied [verb (transitive)] > empty
emptyOE
emptOE
avoida1382
to shake out1382
devoida1400
evacuec1400
void1506
toom?a1513
unburden1538
disgarboil1567
inanitea1598
unbowel1597
unfill1607
to turn out?1609
unteemc1635
evacuatea1652
vacuate1651
unempt1798
disglut1800
eviscerate1834
the world > matter > gas > air > [verb (transitive)] > produce a vacuum in
vacuefy1727
vacuate1766
1651 R. Wittie tr. J. Primrose Pop. Errours iv. vi. 239 If he that hath been once abundantly vacuated, must necessarily relapse into the same disease.
1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician iii. 84 When the Heart-burn is violent, we must not vacuate the whole Body.
1766 Philos. Trans. 1765 (Royal Soc.) 55 84 Its so well vacuated by boiling the quicksilver in the tube, that I depend on its being luminous after being carried so far.
2. To annul, cancel, abrogate, set aside; = evacuate v. 4.
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society > law > rule of law > illegality > render illegal [verb (transitive)] > deprive of legal validity
abatea1325
squatcha1325
voida1325
allayc1325
annul1395
reverse1395
revokec1400
rupt?a1425
repealc1425
abroge1427
defeat1429
purloin1461
cassa1464
toll1467
resume1472
reprove1479
suspend1488
discharge1495
reduce1498
cassate1512
defease1512
denulla1513
disannula1513
fordoa1513
avoid1514–5
abrogate?1520
frustrate1528
revert1528
disaffirm?1530
extinct1530
resolve1537
null1538
nihilate1545
extinguish1548
elidec1554
revocate1564
annullate1570
squat1577
skaila1583
irritate1605
retex1606
nullify1607
unable1611
refix1621
vitiate1627
invalid1643
vacate1643
unlaw1644
outlaw1647
invalidate1649
disenact1651
vacuate1654
supersedec1674
destroy1805
break1891
1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iii. x. 129 Toboso too was flesh and blood; and how If some great Prince should vacuate her vow?
1682 E. Hickeringill Black Non-Conformist xiii. 43 Which Law vacuates and makes null and void all Laws of Man, ipso facto, that are made to the contrary.
1720 D. Manley Secret Mem. (ed. 6) II. 194 There can be no Laws contriv'd..but what they can vacuate [1709 extenuate].
Derivatives
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society > law > rule of law > illegality > [noun] > legal invalidity or faultiness > annulment or abrogation
reversing?a1425
repealing1431
abatementc1436
cancellingc1440
annullation1449
defeasance1456
voidance1488
reversal1489
reduction1496
repeal1503
extinguishment1528
disannulling1533
abrogation1535
obrogation1535
unplacing1554
nullity1555
reversement1572
reclaim1604
disaffirmancea1626
avoidance1628
rescinding1638
cassating1647
vacating1648
voiding1649
defease1650
annulment1651
unlawing1651
defeat1657
vacuating1684
peremption1726
invalidation1771
rescindment1783
supersession1790
disaffirmation1827
disenactment1859
discharge1892
1684 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1852) I. 125 They may act Eregularly, to ye Vacuating and Insecurity of such acts and Judgments of ye said Courts.
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