| 单词 | vacuate |
| 释义 | ▪ I. † ˈvacuate, pa. pple. Obs.—1
[ad. L. vacuātus, pa. pple. of vacuāre: see next.]
Made empty.
1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) III. 339 Philippus..scholde destroye sone the cite if that hit were vacuate and voide of discrete men.
▪ II. † ˈvacuate, v. Obs.
[f. L. vacuāt-, ppl. stem of vacuāre (hence It. vacuare) to empty, clear, free, f. vacuus: see vacuum n.]
1. trans.
a. To clear out; = evacuate v. 5.
1572J. Jones Buckstones Bathes Benefyte 15 b, Galen willeth to vacuat, clense, or empty, that which is euill. 1607T. Walkington Opt. Glass 49 That so the superfluous humidity of his stomach may be vacuated. 1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 165 Senny, Rhabarb..vacuate flegm also. 1760Ann. Reg. i. 158/2 We have..portable ventilators which are continually employed in vacuating the foul air from our hold.
b. To empty; = evacuate v. 1.
1651Wittie tr. Primrose's Pop. Err. iv. vi. 239 If he that hath been once abundantly vacuated, must necessarily relapse into the same disease. 1684Bonet's Merc. Compit. iii. 84 When the Heart-burn is violent, we must not vacuate the whole Body. 1765Phil. Trans. LV. 84 Its so well vacuated by boiling the quicksilver in the tube, that I depend on its being luminous after being carried so far.
2. To annul, cancel, abrogate, set aside; = evacuate v. 4.
1654Gayton Pleas. Notes iii. x. 129 Toboso too was flesh and blood; and how If some great Prince should vacuate her vow? 1681Hickeringill Black Non-Conf. xiii. Wks. 1716 II. 104 Which Law vacuates and makes null and void all Laws of Man, ipso facto, that are made to the contrary. 1709Mrs. Manley Secret Mem. (1720) II. 234 There can be no Laws contrived..but what they can vacuate.
Hence † ˈvacuating vbl. n. Obs.
1684Col. Rec. Pennsylv. I. 125 They may act Eregularly, to y⊇ Vacuating and Insecurity of such acts and Judgments of y⊇ said Courts. |
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