'Vacating' definitions:

Definition of 'Vacating'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • That after act vacating the authority of the precedent. --Eikon Basilike. [1913 Webster]
  • The necessity of observing the Jewish Sabbath was vacated by the apostolical institution of the Lord's Day. --R. Nelson. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To defeat; to put an end to. [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • He vacates my revenge. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

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