Vacate /(?)/

Va·cate

Vacate

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Vacated; p. pr. & vb. n. Vacating

  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.
    — Eikon Basilike.
    The necessity of observing the Jewish Sabbath was vacated by the apostolical institution of the Lord's Day.
    — R. Nelson.
  3. To defeat; to put an end to. [R.]
    He vacates my revenge.