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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see also:
vacated vacating vacant