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vacate Definition


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vacate
verb vacated, vacating
    1. To make something empty; to empty something out.
    tr & intr
    2. To leave or cease to occupy (a house or an official position).
      Thesaurus: abandon, quit, leave, depart, go away, evacuate, withdraw.
Derivative: vacatable
adj
    Etymology: 17c: from Latin vacare, vacatum to be empty.



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