evacuateth

Verb

evacuate (third-person singular simple present evacuates, present participle evacuating, simple past and past participle evacuated)

1. (transitive) To leave or withdraw from; to quit; to retire from.
   • The soldiers evacuated the fortress.
2. To cause (or help) to leave or withdraw from.
   • The firefighters decided to evacuate all the inhabitants from the street.
3. To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of, including to create a vacuum.
   • The scientist evacuated the chamber before filling it with nitrogen.
4. (figuratively) To make empty; to deprive.
   • Evacuate the Scriptures of their most important doctrines.1825, James Marsh, Preliminary Essay to Aids to Reflection
5. To remove; to eject; to void; to discharge, as the contents of a vessel, or of the bladder or the bowels (to stool).
   • In the living state, the body is observed to receive aliment; to assimilate a part; to evacuate what is redundant or useless; [...]1822, John Barclay, chapter I, in An Inquiry Into the Opinions, Ancient and Modern, Concerning Life and Organization, Edinburgh; London: Bell & Bradfute; Waugh & Innes; G. & W. B. Whittaker, section...
6. To make void; to nullify; to vacate.
   • to evacuate a contract or marriage