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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Evacuat(e, p.p. [e.m.E. evacuate (1526), L. ēvacuātus.]

1. Emptied, made empty. a1500 Bernardus 272.
Thyne siluer and thine arch euacuate [L. vacuata] 1533 Boece vii. x. 241.
We ar now sa evacuate of pussance that [etc.] Ib. xiii. xi. 523.
Sen … the realme [is] nere evacuate of substance

2. Made void or invalid; annulled. 1546 Ex. Processes (Reg. H.) Invermeithe v. Gordon.
The precept and instrument of sesing … to be cassit, expirit, euacuat, anullit 1563 Davidson Answer 257.
Gif ye finde the reasonis I bring in … to have evacuat the reasonis of ȝour buik 1641 Baillie I. 370.
That the Assemblie's act of reponing him to his own church should be evacuat 1692 Acts Sederunt 7.
That the excellent law of death-bed … may happen to be frustrat and evacuat