Definition of Vacate

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give up, leave (an apartment, a seat, etc.); relinquish an office; annul
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Vacate Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
(v. t.)
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.
  
(v. t.)
To defeat; to put an end to.
  
(v. t.)
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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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.
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. that after act vacating the authority of the precedent. the necessity of observing the jewish sabbath was vacated by the apostolical institution of the lord's day. nelson.
3. to defeat; to put an end to. [r.] he vacates my revenge.
vacate
v
1. leave voluntarily; of a job, post or position; "she vacated the position when she got pregnant" [syn: renounce, resign, give up]


2. leave behind empty; move out of; "you must vacate your office by tonight" [syn: empty, abandon]


3. annul by recalling or rescinding; "he revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence" [syn: revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind]



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GLOSSARY OF ESOTERIC WORDS
1.Leave voluntarily; of a job, post or position
2.to make legally void
3.give up the occupancy of
EG:Where is Hollywood located? Chiefly between the ears. In that part of the American brain lately vacated by God.(E.JONG)

WordNet 2.0

Verb
1. leave (a job, post, post, or position) voluntarily; "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds"
(synonym) resign, renounce, give up
(hypernym) leave office, quit, step down, resign
(hyponym) abdicate, renounce
2. leave behind empty; move out of; "You must vacate your office by tonight"
(synonym) empty, abandon
(hypernym) leave, go forth, go away
3. annul by recalling or rescinding; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"
(synonym) revoke, annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn, rescind
(hypernym) cancel, strike down
(hyponym) renege, renege on, renegue on, go back on
(derivation) vacation
Vacate Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia
A vacated judgment makes a previous legal judgment legally void. A vacated judgment is usually the result of the judgment of an appellate court which overturns, reverses, or sets aside the judgment of a lower court.

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Vacate Definition from Law Dictionaries & Glossaries
The 'Lectric Law Library
To annul, to render an act void; as to vacate an entry which has been made on a record when the court has been imposed upon by fraud, or taken by surprise.
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Vacate Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
English - Klingon
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