evacuate
evacuate is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 5 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Fig.: To make empty; to deprive. [R.] Evacuate the Scriptures of their most important meaning. Coleriage.
- 2.To remove; to eject; to void; o discharge, as the contents of a vessel, or of the bowels.
- 3.To withdraw from; to quit; to retire from; as, soldiers from a country, city, or fortress. The Norwegians were forced to evacuate the country. Burke.
- 4.To make void; to nullify; to vacate; as, to evacuate a contract or marriage. [Obs.] Bacon.
- 5.To let blood [Obs.] Burton.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Definition-first questions whose answer is evacuate.
- What is fig.: To make empty; to deprive. [R.] Evacuate the Scriptures of their most important meaning. Coleriage called?
- What is to remove; to eject; to void; o discharge, as the contents of a vessel, or of the bowels called?
- What is to withdraw from; to quit; to retire from; as, soldiers from a country, city, or fortress. The Norwegians were forced to evacuate the country. Burke called?
- What is to make void; to nullify; to vacate; as, to evacuate a contract or marriage. [Obs.] Bacon called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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