Hypertext Webster Gateway: "evacuated"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

2. Fig.: To make empty; to deprive. [R.]

Evacuate the Scriptures of their most important
meaning. --Coleridge.

3. To remove; to eject; to void; to discharge, as the
contents of a vessel, or of the bowels.

4. To withdraw from; to quit; to retire from; as, soldiers
from a country, city, or fortress.

The Norwegians were forced to evacuate the country.
--Burke.

5. To make void; to nullify; to vacate; as, to evacuate a
contract or marriage. [Obs.] --Bacon.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

evacuated
adj : emptied by being pumped out or having a vacuum created; "a
highly evacuated glass tube"

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