| evacuate | (v) move out of an unsafe location into safety, Example: After the earthquake, residents were evacuated | | evacuate | (v) empty completely, Example: evacuate the bottle | | evacuate | (v) move people from their homes or country | | evacuate | (v) create a vacuum in (a bulb, flask, reaction vessel) | | evacuate | (v) excrete or discharge from the body, Syn. empty, void | | evacuation | (n) the act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion; especially for protection | | evacuee | (n) a person who has been evacuated from a dangerous place | | evade | (v) practice evasion, Example: This man always hesitates and evades | | evade | (v) use cunning or deceit to escape or avoid, Example: The con man always evades | | evaluate | (v) form a critical opinion of, Syn. pass judgment, judge, Example: I cannot judge some works of modern art; How do you evaluate this grant proposal?; We shouldn't pass judgment on other people |
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| Evacate | v. t. [ Pref. e- + vacate. ] To empty. [ Obs. ] Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Evacuant | a. [ L.evacuans, -antis, p. pr. of evacuare: cf. F. évacuant. ] Emptying; evacuative; purgative; cathartic. -- n. (Med.) A purgative or cathartic. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Evacuate | v. i. 1. To let blood [ Obs. ] Burton. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. to expel stool from the bowels; to defecate. [ PJC ] | | Evacuate | 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. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Fig.: To make empty; to deprive. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ] Evacuate the Scriptures of their most important meaning. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. To remove; to eject; to void; to discharge, as the contents of a vessel, or of the bowels. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. To withdraw from; to quit; to retire from; as, soldiers from a country, city, or fortress. [ 1913 Webster ] The Norwegians were forced to evacuate the country. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ] 5. To make void; to nullify; to vacate; as, to evacuate a contract or marriage. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ] | | evacuated | adj. 1. p. p. of evacuate. [ WordNet 1.5 ] 2. emptied of gas by being pumped out or having a vacuum created; as, a highly evacuated glass tube. [ WordNet 1.5 ] | | Evacuation | n. [ L. evacuatio: cf. F. évacuation. ] 1. The act of emptying, clearing of the contents, or discharging. Specifically: (a) (Mil.) Withdrawal of troops from a town, fortress, etc. (b) (Med.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. That which is evacuated or discharged; especially, a discharge by stool or other natural means. Quincy. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Abolition; nullification. [ Obs. ] Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]
Evacuation day, the anniversary of the day on which the British army evacuated the city of New York, November 25, 1783. [ 1913 Webster ]
| | Evacuative | a. [ Cf. F. évacuatif. ] Serving of tending to evacuate; cathartic; purgative. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Evacuator | n. One who evacuates; a nullifier. “Evacuators of the law.” Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Evacuatory | n. A purgative. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Evade | (&unr_;), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Evaded; p. pr. & vb. n.. Evading. ] [ L. evadere, evasum, e out + vadere to go, walk: cf. F. s'évader. See Wade. ] To get away from by artifice; to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to elude; to escape from cleverly; as, to evade a blow, a pursuer, a punishment; to evade the force of an argument. [ 1913 Webster ] The heathen had a method, more truly their own, of evading the Christian miracles. Trench. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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