Vā'căte, v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. VACATED; p. pr. & vb. n. VACATING.] [Lat. vacare, vacatum, to be empty; It. vacare, Sp. & Pg. vacar, vagar, Pr. vacar, vaquar, Fr. vaquer.]
Sense 1. To make vacant; to leave empty; to cease from filling or occupying; as, it was resolved by Parliament that James had vacated the throne of England.
Sense 2. To annul; to make void; to deprive of force; to make of no authority or validity; as, to vacate a commission; to vacate a charter.
The necessity of observing the Jewish Sabbath was vacated by the apostolical institution of the Lord's day. Nelson.
Sense 3. To defeat; to put an end to. [Obs.]
He vacates my revenge. Dryden