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Acuate
(gcide) | Acuate \Ac"u*ate\, v. t. [L. acus needle.]
To sharpen; to make pungent; to quicken. [Obs.] "[To] acuate
the blood." --Harvey.
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Acuate
(gcide) | Acuate \Ac"u*ate\, a.
Sharpened; sharp-pointed.
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acuate
(wn) | acuate
adj 1: ending in a sharp point [syn: acuate, acute, sharp,
needlelike] |
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evacuate
(encz) | evacuate,evakuovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
evacuated
(encz) | evacuated,evakuovaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Acuate
(gcide) | Acuate \Ac"u*ate\, v. t. [L. acus needle.]
To sharpen; to make pungent; to quicken. [Obs.] "[To] acuate
the blood." --Harvey.
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Sharpened; sharp-pointed.
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Evacuate
(gcide) | Evacuate \E*vac"u*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Evacuated; p. pr.
& vb. n. Evacuating.] [l. evacuatus, p. p. of evacuare to
empty, nullify; e out + vacuus empty, vacare to be empty. See
Vacate.]
1. To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of;
as, to evacuate a vessel or dish.
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2. Fig.: To make empty; to deprive. [R.]
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Evacuate the Scriptures of their most important
meaning. --Coleridge.
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3. To remove; to eject; to void; to discharge, as the
contents of a vessel, or of the bowels.
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4. To withdraw from; to quit; to retire from; as, soldiers
from a country, city, or fortress.
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The Norwegians were forced to evacuate the country.
--Burke.
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5. To make void; to nullify; to vacate; as, to evacuate a
contract or marriage. [Obs.] --Bacon.
[1913 Webster]Evacuate \E*vac"u*ate\, v. i.
1. To let blood [Obs.] --Burton.
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2. to expel stool from the bowels; to defecate.
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Evacuated
(gcide) | Evacuate \E*vac"u*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Evacuated; p. pr.
& vb. n. Evacuating.] [l. evacuatus, p. p. of evacuare to
empty, nullify; e out + vacuus empty, vacare to be empty. See
Vacate.]
1. To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of;
as, to evacuate a vessel or dish.
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2. Fig.: To make empty; to deprive. [R.]
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Evacuate the Scriptures of their most important
meaning. --Coleridge.
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3. To remove; to eject; to void; to discharge, as the
contents of a vessel, or of the bowels.
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4. To withdraw from; to quit; to retire from; as, soldiers
from a country, city, or fortress.
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The Norwegians were forced to evacuate the country.
--Burke.
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5. To make void; to nullify; to vacate; as, to evacuate a
contract or marriage. [Obs.] --Bacon.
[1913 Webster]evacuated \evacuated\ adj.
1. p. p. of evacuate.
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2. emptied of gas by being pumped out or having a vacuum
created; as, a highly evacuated glass tube.
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evacuated
(gcide) | Evacuate \E*vac"u*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Evacuated; p. pr.
& vb. n. Evacuating.] [l. evacuatus, p. p. of evacuare to
empty, nullify; e out + vacuus empty, vacare to be empty. See
Vacate.]
1. To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of;
as, to evacuate a vessel or dish.
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2. Fig.: To make empty; to deprive. [R.]
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Evacuate the Scriptures of their most important
meaning. --Coleridge.
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3. To remove; to eject; to void; to discharge, as the
contents of a vessel, or of the bowels.
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4. To withdraw from; to quit; to retire from; as, soldiers
from a country, city, or fortress.
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The Norwegians were forced to evacuate the country.
--Burke.
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5. To make void; to nullify; to vacate; as, to evacuate a
contract or marriage. [Obs.] --Bacon.
[1913 Webster]evacuated \evacuated\ adj.
1. p. p. of evacuate.
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2. emptied of gas by being pumped out or having a vacuum
created; as, a highly evacuated glass tube.
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Exacuate
(gcide) | Exacuate \Ex*ac"u*ate\, v. t. [L. exacure; ex out (intens.) +
acuere to make sharp.]
To whet or sharpen. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. -- Ex*ac`u*a"tion,
n. [Obs.]
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Vacuate
(gcide) | Vacuate \Vac"u*ate\, v. t. [L. vacuatus, p. p. of vacuare to
empty, from vacuus empty. See Vacant.]
To make void, or empty. [R.]
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evacuate
(wn) | evacuate
v 1: move out of an unsafe location into safety; "After the
earthquake, residents were evacuated"
2: empty completely; "evacuate the bottle"
3: move people from their homes or country
4: create a vacuum in (a bulb, flask, reaction vessel)
5: excrete or discharge from the body [syn: evacuate, void,
empty] |
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