EVACUATE

v.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of; as, to evacuate a vessel or dish.

2.
v.

Fig.: To make empty; to deprive. [R.] Evacuate the Scriptures of their most important meaning. Coleriage.

3.
v.

To remove; to eject; to void; o discharge, as the contents of a vessel, or of the bowels.

4.
v.

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.

5.
v.

To make void; to nullify; to vacate; as, to evacuate a contract or marriage. [Obs.] Bacon.

6.
v.

To let blood [Obs.] Burton.

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