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English

Etymology

From Latin evacuare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??væk.ju.e?t/

Verb

evacuate (third-person singular simple present evacuates, present participle evacuating, simple past and past participle evacuated)

1. (transitive) To leave or withdraw from; to quit; to retire from
   • 1757, Edmund Burke, The Abridgement of the History of England

     The Norwegians were forced to evacuate the country.

2. To cause to leave or withdraw from.

3. To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of, including to create a vacuum.

4. (figuratively) To make empty; to deprive.
   • 1825, James Marsh, Preliminary Essay to Aids to Reflection

     Evacuate the Scriptures of their most important doctrines.

5. To remove; to eject; to void; to discharge, as the contents of a vessel, or of the bowels.
6. To make void; to nullify; to vacate.

   • it would not evacuate a marriage after cohabitation and actual consummation

Derived terms

• self-evacuate

Related terms

• evacuation (noun)

Descendants

• ? Cebuano: bakwit
  • ? English: bakwit

Translations

Italian

Verb

evacuate

1. second-person plural present indicative of evacuare
2. second-person plural imperative of evacuare
3. feminine plural of evacuato

Latin

Verb

?vacu?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of ?vacu?

English

Etymology

e- +? vacate

Verb

evacate (third-person singular simple present evacates, present participle evacating, simple past and past participle evacated)

1. (obsolete) To empty.

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Related terms

• evacuate