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Vacate \Va"cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vacated}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Vacating}.] [L. vacare, vacatum, to be empty. See {Vacant}.]
1. To make vacant; to leave empty; to cease from filling or
occupying; as, it was resolved by Parliament that James
had vacated the throne of England; the tenant vacated the
house.
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2. To annul; to make void; to deprive of force; to make of no
authority or validity; as, to vacate a commission or a
charter; to vacate proceedings in a cause.
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That after act vacating the authority of the
precedent. --Eikon
Basilike.
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The necessity of observing the Jewish Sabbath was
vacated by the apostolical institution of the Lord's
Day. --R. Nelson.
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3. To defeat; to put an end to. [R.]
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He vacates my revenge. --Dryden.
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