Etymology

evacuate

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Today it means: To leave or withdraw from; to quit; to retire from. Full definition →

Latin ēvacuātus
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromēvacuātus
  2. English todayevacuate

First attested in 1526; borrowed from Latin ēvacuātus, the perfect passive participle of ēvacuō (“to empty out, evacuate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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