evacuate

Etymology

From Latin evacuare.

Verb

evacuate (third-person singular simple present evacuates, present participle evacuating, simple past and past participle evacuated)

1. To leave or withdraw from; to quit; to retire from; as, soldiers from a country, city, or fortress.

   The firefighters told us to evacuate the area as the flames approached.

   • Burke

     The Norwegians were forced to evacuate the country.

2. To cause to leave or withdraw from.

   The firefighters decided to evacuate all the inhabitants from the street.

3. To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of, including to create a vacuum.

   The scientist evacuated the chamber before filling it with nitrogen.

4. (figuratively) To make empty; to deprive.
   • Coleridge

     Evacuate the Scriptures of their most important meaning.

5. To remove; to eject; to void; to discharge, as the contents of a vessel, or of the bowels.
6. To make void; to nullify; to vacate.

   to evacuate a contract or marriage

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)

Verb

evacuate

1. second-person plural present indicative of evacuare
2. second-person plural imperative of evacuare
3. feminine plural of evacuato

Verb

ēvacuāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of ēvacuō