Part 3968

<blockquote><b>Evacuate</b> the Scriptures of their most important meaning. <i>Coleriage.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To remove; to eject; to void; o discharge, as the contents of a vessel, or of the bowels.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To withdraw from; to quit; to retire from; as, soldiers from a country, city, or fortress.</def>

<blockquote>The Norwegians were forced to <b>evacuate</b> the country. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To make void; to nullify; to vacate; <as>as, to <ex>evacuate</ex> a contract or marriage</as>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bacon.</i>

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<hw>E*vac"u*ate</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To let blood</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Burton.</i>

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<hw>E*vac`u*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>evacuatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>\'82vacuation</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of emptying, clearing of the contents, or discharging</def>. Specifically: <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>Withdrawal of troops from a town, fortress, etc.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Voidance of any matter by the natural passages of the body or by an artificial opening; defecation; also, a diminution of the fluids of an animal body by cathartics, venesection, or other means.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is evacuated or discharged; especially, a discharge by stool or other natural means.</def>

<i>Quincy.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Abolition; nullification.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Hooker.</i>

<cs><col>Evacuation day</col>, <cd>the anniversary of the day on which the British army evacuated the city of New York, November 25, 1783.</cd></cs>

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<hw>E*vac"u*a*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>\'82vacuatif</ets>.]</ety> <def>Serving of tending to evacuate; cathartic; purgative.</def>

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<hw>E*vac"u*a`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who evacuates; a nullifier.</def> "<i>Evacuators</i> of the law."

<i>Hammond.</i>

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<hw>E*vac"u*a*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A purgative.</def>

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<hw>E*vade"</hw> (<?/), <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Evaded</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt>. <er>Evading</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>evadere</ets>, <ets>evasum</ets>, <ets>e</ets> out + <ets>vadere</ets> to go, walk: cf. F. s'\'82vader. See <er>Wade</er>.]</ety> <def>To get away from by artifice; to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to elude; to escape from cleverly; as, to <i>evade</i> a blow, a pursuer, a punishment; to <i>evade</i> the force of an argument.

<blockquote>The heathen had a method, more truly their own, of <b>evading</b> the Christian miracles. <i>Trench.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>E*vade"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To escape; to slip away; -- sometimes with <i>from</i>.</def> "<i>Evading</i> from perils."