What is to defeat; to put an end to. [R.] He vacates my revenge. Dryden called?
vacate — To defeat; to put an end to. [R.] He vacates my revenge. Dryden. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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