Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary -- Volume DE5. To make void; to nullify; to vacate; as, to evacuate a contract or marriage. [Obs.] Bacon. E·vac"u·ate, v. i. To let blood [Obs.] Burton. E·vac`u·a"tion (?), 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. 2. That which is evacuated or discharged; especially, a discharge by stool or other natural means. Quincy. 3. Abolition; nullification. [Obs.] Hooker. -- Evacuation day, the anniversary of the day on which the British army evacuated the city of New York, November 25, 1783. E·vac"u·a·tive (?), a. [Cf. F. évacuatif.] Serving of tending to evacuate; cathartic; purgative. E·vac"u·a`tor (?), n. One who evacuates; a nullifier. "Evacuators of the law." Hammond. E·vac"u·a·to·ry (?), n. A purgative. E·vade" (?), 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. The heathen had a method, more truly their own, of evading the Christian miracles. E·vade", v. t. 1. To escape; to slip away; -- sometimes with from. "Evading from perils." Bacon. |