Middle English Dictionary Entry
vacuāte ppl.
Entry Info
| Forms | vacuāte ppl. |
| Etymology | L vacuātus, p.ppl. of vacuāre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Emptied, depopulated; also in fig. context.
Associated quotations
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)3.339 : Philippus…scholde destroye sone the cite if that hit were vacuate and voide of discrete men.
- c1475 Court Sap.(Trin-C R.3.21)283 : Yef so weere I [Mercy] weere adnichilate, The heuynly court may nat restoryd be; My fadyrs reame were vayne and vacuate.