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Found 3 hits - Term: vacant, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
vacant \va"cant\, a. f., fr. l. vacans, -antis, p. pr. of
   vacare to be empty, to be free or unoccupied, to have
   leisure, also vocare; akin to vacuus empty, and probably to
   e. void. cf. evacuate, void, a.
   1913 webster
   1. deprived of contents; not filled; empty; as, a vacant
      room.
      1913 webster

            stuffs out his vacant garments with his form.
                                                  --shak.
      1913 webster

            being of those virtues vacant.        --shak.
      1913 webster

            there is no fireside, howsoe'er defended,
            but has one vacant chair.             --longfellow.
      1913 webster

   2. unengaged with business or care; unemployed; unoccupied;
      disengaged; free; as, vacant hours.
      1913 webster

            religion is the interest of all; but philosophy of
            those . . . at leisure, and vacant from the affairs
            of the world.                         --dr. h. more.
      1913 webster

            there was not a minute of the day which he left
            vacant.                               --bp. fell.
      1913 webster

   3. not filled or occupied by an incumbent, possessor, or
      officer; unoccupied; as, a vacant throne; a vacant house;
      a vacant apartment; a vacant parish.
      1913 webster +pjc

            special dignities which vacant lie
            for thy best use and wearing.         --shak.
      1913 webster

   4. empty of thought; thoughtless; not occupied with study or
      reflection; as, a vacant mind.
      1913 webster

            the duke had a pleasant and vacant face. --sir h.
                                                  wotton.
      1913 webster

            when on my couch i lie
            in vacant or in pensive mood.         --wordsworth.
      1913 webster

   5. law abandoned; having no heir, possessor, claimant, or
      occupier; as, a vacant estate. --bouvier.
      1913 webster

   vacant succession law, one that is claimed by no person,
      or where all the heirs are unknown, or where all the known
      heirs to it have renounced it. --burrill.
      1913 webster

   syn: empty; void; devoid; free; unemployed; disengaged;
        unincumbered; uncrowded; idle.

   usage: vacant, empty. a thing is empty when there is
          nothing in it; as, an empty room, or an empty noddle.
          vacant adds the idea of having been previously filled,
          or intended to be filled or occupied; as, a vacant
          seat at table; a vacant office; vacant hours. when we
          speak of a vacant look or a vacant mind, we imply the
          absence of the intelligence naturally to be expected
          there.
          1913 webster
see also:
evacuate void vacant succession vacant empty 
[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
vacant
     adj 1: void of thought or knowledge; "a vacant mind"
     2: without an occupant or incumbent; "the throne is never
        vacant"

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
84 moby thesaurus words for "vacant":
   abandoned, absent-minded, available, bare, barren, bland, blank,
   blankminded, bleached, calm, characterless, clear, deadpan,
   deserted, devoid, dull, empty, empty-headed, empty-minded,
   empty-pated, empty-skulled, expressionless, extra, fatuous,
   featureless, fishy, forsaken, free, glassy, godforsaken, hollow,
   idle, impassive, inane, incogitant, inexpressive, insipid, jejune,
   nirvanic, null, null and void, oblivious, open, passive,
   poker-faced, quietistic, rattlebrained, rattleheaded, relaxed,
   scatterbrained, spare, stark, tenantless, thoughtfree, thoughtless,
   tranquil, unaware, uncomprehending, unengaged, unexpressive,
   unfilled, unideaed, uninhabited, unintellectual, unmanned,
   unoccupied, unpeopled, unpopulated, unreasoning, unrelieved,
   unstaffed, untaken, untenanted, untended, unthinking, unused,
   unutilized, vacuous, vapid, void, white, with nothing inside,
   without content, wooden





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Jeff Clark's Vacant Canvas
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http://www.vacantcanvas.com/, score=61, date indexed=October 5, 2005, 2:18 pm

Land For Sale, Real Estate, Land - For Sale By Owners,
...Search for all types vacant land including acreage, farms, ranch land, building lots.....Real Estate Agents that own vacant land may list, but need to specify in Land For Sale.....Land for sale color pictures and Land for sale property links to your vacant land ad..
http://www.land-fsbo.com/, score=59, date indexed=October 5, 2005, 8:46 pm

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