n. [ Pref. ab- + evacuation. ] (Med.) A partial evacuation. Mayne. AS [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a natural family of chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants: includes Dracenaceae (Dracaenaceae); comprises plants that in some classifications are divided between the Amaryllidaceae and the Liliaceae.
Syn. -- family Agavaceae, agave family, sisal family. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

. (Veter.) A fluid vaccine obtained by growing a bacterium (Bacillus anthracis, formerly Bacterium anthracis) in beef broth. It is used to immunize animals, esp. cattle. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. Opposition to vaccination. London Times. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An antivaccinist. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One opposed to vaccination. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A thick oily liquid, C10H13.OH, of a strong taste and disagreeable odor, obtained from oil of caraway (Carum carui). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Chivachie. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. chiche lean + vache cow. ] A fabulous cow of enormous size, whose food was patient wives, and which was therefore in very lean condition. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. chevauchie, chevauchée; of the same origin as E. cavalcade. ] A cavalry raid; hence, a military expedition. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Belonging to the confervae. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. having a pronounced womanly shape; having a slender waist with prominent breasts and hips. [ chiefly dialect ]
Syn. -- bosomy, buxom, full-bosomed, sonsie, sonsy, voluptuous. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

v. t. [ Pref. e- + vacate. ] To empty. [ Obs. ] Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L.evacuans, -antis, p. pr. of evacuare: cf. F. évacuant. ] Emptying; evacuative; purgative; cathartic. -- n. (Med.) A purgative or cathartic. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Evacuated p. pr. & vb. n. Evacuating. ] [ l. evacuatus, p. p. of evacuare to empty, nullify; e out + vacuus empty, vacare to be empty. See Vacate. ] 1. To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of; as, to evacuate a vessel or dish. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: To make empty; to deprive. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Evacuate the Scriptures of their most important meaning. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To remove; to eject; to void; to discharge, as the contents of a vessel, or of the bowels. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To withdraw from; to quit; to retire from; as, soldiers from a country, city, or fortress. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Norwegians were forced to evacuate the country. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To make void; to nullify; to vacate; as, to evacuate a contract or marriage. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To let blood [ Obs. ] Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. to expel stool from the bowels; to defecate. [ PJC ]

adj. 1. p. p. of evacuate. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. emptied of gas by being pumped out or having a vacuum created; as, a highly evacuated glass tube. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is evacuated or discharged; especially, a discharge by stool or other natural means. Quincy. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Abolition; nullification. [ Obs. ] Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

Evacuation day, the anniversary of the day on which the British army evacuated the city of New York, November 25, 1783. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. évacuatif. ] Serving of tending to evacuate; cathartic; purgative. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who evacuates; a nullifier. “Evacuators of the law.” Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A purgative. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ L. ] (Physics) In a vacuum; in empty space; as, experiments in vacuo. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A class sometimes classified as an order.
Syn. -- class Larvacea. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. A natural family of herbs and shrubs and some trees, including the mallows, cotton, and okra; the mallow family.
Syn. -- family Malvaceae, mallow family. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. malvaceus, from malva mallows. See Mallow. ] (Bot.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a natural family of plants (Malvaceae), of which the mallow is the type. The cotton plant, hollyhock, and abutilon are of this family. It was formerly classified as an order, and included the baobab and the silk-cotton trees. The baobab and silk-cotton trees are now placed in the family Bombacaceae, which is included with the Malvaceae in the order Malvales. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. [ L. novacula a sharp knife, razor: cf. F. novaculite. ] (Min.) A variety of siliceous slate, of which hones are made; razor stone; Turkey stone; hone stone; whet slate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. oliva olive. ] Resembling the olive; of the color of the olive; olive-green. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Privacies [ See Private. ] 1. The state of being in retirement from the company or observation of others; seclusion. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A place of seclusion from company or observation; retreat; solitude; retirement. [ 1913 Webster ]

Her sacred privacies all open lie. Rowe. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Concealment of what is said or done. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A private matter; a secret. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. See Privity, 2. [ Obs. ] Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ F., the ranks or rows of cows, the name being given from the fact that the cattle, when answering the musical call of their keeper, move towards him in a row, preceded by those wearing bells. ] The name for numerous simple, but very irregular, melodies of the Swiss mountaineers, blown on a long tube called the Alpine horn, and sometimes sung. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) The inoculation of a cow with human vaccine virus. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To vaccinate a second time or again. -- Re*vac`ci*na"tionn. [1913 Webster]

n. Salvation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. supervacaneus, supervacuus; super over + vacuus empty. ] Serving no purpose; superfluous; needless. [ Obs. ] Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

See accommodating.
See aching.
See ailing.
See aiming.
See alarming.
See altering.
See appreciating.
See approving.
See aspiring.
See assisting.
See attempting.
See attending.
See bearing.
See befitting.
See beginning.
See believing.
See bleaching.
See bleeding.
See blemishing.
See blenching.
See blossoming.
See blushing.
See boding.
See branching.
See breathing.
See burning.
See calculating.
See ceasing.
See changing.
See charming.
See communicating.
See complaining.
See complying.
See conceiving.
See conducing.
See confessing.
See conniving.
See consenting.
See considering.
See conspiring.
See consulting.
See consuming.
See contending.
See contriving.
See conversing.
See convincing.
See dawning.
See decaying.
See delaying.
See depending.
See derogating.
See deserving.
See desiring.
See despairing.
See detesting.
See deviating.
See differencing.
See discerning.
See discording.
See discriminating.
See disobliging.
See dispensing.
See dissembling.
See dissolving.
See distinguishing.
See distracting.
See disturbing.
See doubting.
See dreading.
See drooping.
See ebbing.
See echoing.
See edifying.
See ending.
See enduring.
See engaging.
See enjoying.
See entering.
See enterprising.
See entertaining.
See envying.
See existing.
See fadging.
See fading.
See fainting.
See faltering.
See fearing.
See feigning.
See fighting.
See fitting.
See flagging.
See flattering.
See flinching.
See folding.
See forbearing.
See foreboding.
See foreseeing.
See forgiving.
See giving.
See grudging.
See harming.
See heeding.
See hesitating.
See hoping.
See hurting.
See importing.
See imposing.
See improving.
See interesting.
See intermitting.
See intoxicating.
See inviting.
See jarring.
See laboring.
See lingering.
See listening.
See loving.
See meddling.
See meriting.
See mistrusting.
See moving.
See murmuring.
See obliging.
See observing.
See offending.
See opening.
See pardoning.
See paying.
See perceiving.
See performing.
See perishing.
See pitying.
See pleasing.
See possessing.
See preaching.
See prepossessing.
See presuming.
See pretending.
See prevailing.
See prevaricating.
See profiting.
See promising.
See proving.
See quailing.
See questioning.
See reasoning.
See recalling.
See reclining.
See recurring.
See referring.
See reflecting.
See refunding.
See refusing.
See rejoicing.
See relaxing.
See relishing.
See remembering.
See repenting.
See repining.
See reproving.
See repulsing.
See resisting.
See resolving.
See resting.
See returning.
See rewarding.
See sanctifying.
See satisfying.
See searching.
See seeing.
See setting.
See shrinking.
See sinking.
See sleeping.
See slipping.
See slumbering.
See speaking.
See stinting.
See stirring.
See stooping.
See submitting.
See sufficing.
See suiting.
See surging.
See suspecting.
See sweating.
See swerving.
See sympathizing.
See tasting.
See thriving.
See tiring.
See toiling.
See trading.
See trembling.
See trespassing.
See trifling.
See vacillating.
See varying.
See walking.
See wandering.
See waning.
See wasting.
See wavering.
See weeping.
See winking.
See winning.
See withdrawing.
See withering.
See wondering.
See working.
See writing.
See yielding.
----- and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

The above classes of words are unlimited in extent, and such compounds may be formed by any writer or speaker at will from almost all the adjectives or participles in the language, excepting those which have a recognized and usual negative correspondent with the prefix -in. No attempt will be made, therefore, to define them all in this Dictionary; many will be omitted from its Vocabulary which are negations of the simple word, and are readily explained by prefixing a not to the latter. Derivatives of these words in -ly and -ness will also, for the most part, be omitted for the same or similar reasons. [ 1913 Webster ]

There will be inserted as separate articles with definitions, the following: -- [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Those which have acquired an opposed or contrary, instead of a merely negative, meaning; as, unfriendly, ungraceful, unpalatable, unquiet, and the like; or else an intensive sense more than a prefixed not would express; as, unending, unparalleled, undisciplined, undoubted, unsafe, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Those which have the value of independent words, inasmuch as the simple words are either not used at all, or are rarely, or at least much less frequently, used; as, unavoidable, unconscionable, undeniable, unspeakable, unprecedented, unruly, and the like; or inasmuch as they are used in a different sense from the usual meaning of the primitive, or especially in one of the significations of the latter; as, unaccountable, unalloyed, unbelieving, unpretending, unreserved, and the like; or inasmuch as they are so frequently and familiarly used that they are hardly felt to be of negative origin; as, uncertain, uneven, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Those which are anomalous, provincial, or, for some other reason, not desirable to be used, and are so indicated; as, unpure for impure, unsatisfaction for dissatisfaction, unexpressible for inexpressible, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

II. Un- is prefixed to nouns to express the absence of, or the contrary of, that which the noun signifies; as, unbelief, unfaith, unhealth, unrest, untruth, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Compounds of this last class are given in full in their proper order in the Vocabulary. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Vacancies [ Cf. F. vacance. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The quality or state of being vacant; emptiness; hence, freedom from employment; intermission; leisure; idleness; listlessness. [ 1913 Webster ]

All dispositions to idleness or vacancy, even before they are habits, are dangerous. Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is vacant. Specifically: -- [ 1913 Webster ]

(a) Empty space; vacuity; vacuum. [ 1913 Webster ]

How is't with you,
That you do bend your eye on vacancy? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

(b) An open or unoccupied space between bodies or things; an interruption of continuity; chasm; gap; as, a vacancy between buildings; a vacancy between sentences or thoughts. [ 1913 Webster ]

(c) Unemployed time; interval of leisure; time of intermission; vacation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Time lost partly in too oft idle vacancies given both to schools and universities. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

No interim, not a minute's vacancy. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those little vacancies from toil are sweet. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

(d) A place or post unfilled; an unoccupied office; as, a vacancy in the senate, in a school, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F., fr. L. vacans, -antis, p. pr. of vacare to be empty, to be free or unoccupied, to have leisure, also vocare; akin to vacuus empty, and probably to E. void. Cf. Evacuate, Void, a. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Deprived of contents; not filled; empty; as, a vacant room. [ 1913 Webster ]

Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Being of those virtues vacant. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended,
But has one vacant chair. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Unengaged with business or care; unemployed; unoccupied; disengaged; free; as, vacant hours. [ 1913 Webster ]

Religion is the interest of all; but philosophy of those . . . at leisure, and vacant from the affairs of the world. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

There was not a minute of the day which he left vacant. Bp. Fell. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Not filled or occupied by an incumbent, possessor, or officer; unoccupied; as, a vacant throne; a vacant house; a vacant apartment; a vacant parish. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

Special dignities which vacant lie
For thy best use and wearing. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Empty of thought; thoughtless; not occupied with study or reflection; as, a vacant mind. [ 1913 Webster ]

The duke had a pleasant and vacant face. Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

When on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Law) Abandoned; having no heir, possessor, claimant, or occupier; as, a vacant estate. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

Vacant succession (Law), one that is claimed by no person, or where all the heirs are unknown, or where all the known heirs to it have renounced it. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Empty; void; devoid; free; unemployed; disengaged; unincumbered; uncrowded; idle. -- Vacant, Empty. A thing is empty when there is nothing in it; as, an empty room, or an empty noddle. Vacant adds the idea of having been previously filled, or intended to be filled or occupied; as, a vacant seat at table; a vacant office; vacant hours. When we speak of a vacant look or a vacant mind, we imply the absence of the intelligence naturally to be expected there. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a vacant manner; inanely. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Vacated p. pr. & vb. n. Vacating. ] [ L. vacare, vacatum, to be empty. See Vacant. ] 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; the tenant vacated the house. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To annul; to make void; to deprive of force; to make of no authority or validity; as, to vacate a commission or a charter; to vacate proceedings in a cause. [ 1913 Webster ]

That after act vacating the authority of the precedent. Eikon Basilike. [ 1913 Webster ]

The necessity of observing the Jewish Sabbath was vacated by the apostolical institution of the Lord's Day. R. Nelson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To defeat; to put an end to. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He vacates my revenge. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. vacatio a being free from a duty, service, etc., fr. vacare. See Vacate. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of vacating; a making void or of no force; as, the vacation of an office or a charter. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Intermission of a stated employment, procedure, or office; a period of intermission; rest; leisure. [ 1913 Webster ]

It was not in his nature, however, at least till years had chastened it, to take any vacation from controversy. Palfrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hence, specifically: - [ 1913 Webster ]

(a) (Law) Intermission of judicial proceedings; the space of time between the end of one term and the beginning of the next; nonterm; recess. “With lawyers in the vacation.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

(b) A period of intermission of regular paid work or employment, or of studies and exercises at an educational institution; the time during which a person temporarily ceases regular duties of any kind and performs other activites, usually some form of liesure; holidays; recess (at a school); as, the spring vacation; to spend one's vacation travelling; to paint the house while on vacation. Vacation is typically used for rest, travel, or recreation, but may be used for any purpose. In Britain this sense of vacation is usually referred to as holiday. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

(c) The time when an office is vacant; esp. (Eccl.), the time when a see, or other spiritual dignity, is vacant. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., it is made void, fr. L. vacare to be empty. See Vacant. ] (Law) An order of court by which a proceeding is set aside or annulled. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ LL. vaccarium, from L. vacca cow. Cf. Vachery. ] A cow house, dairy house, or cow pasture. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. ] (Med.) Vaccinia. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to vaccinia or vaccination. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Vaccinated p. pr. & vb. n. Vaccinating. ] [ See Vaccine. ] To inoculate with the cowpox by means of a virus, called vaccine, taken either directly or indirectly from cows; now, generally, to administer (by injection or otherwise) any vaccine with the objective of rendering the recipient immune to an infectious disease. One who has been thus immunized by vaccination is said to be
vaccinated against a particular disease. One may be thus immunized (vaccinated) also by oral ingestion or inhalation of a vaccine. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. 1. The act, art, or practice of vaccinating, or inoculating with the cowpox, in order to prevent or mitigate an attack of smallpox. Cf. Inoculation. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In recent use, vaccination sometimes includes inoculation with any virus as a preventive measure; as, vaccination against cholera. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any inoculation intended to raise immunity to a disease. [ PJC ]

n. One who, or that which, vaccinates. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. vaccinus, fr. vacca a cow; cf. Skr. vāç to bellow, to groan. ] 1. Of or pertaining to cows; pertaining to, derived from, or caused by, vaccinia; as, vaccine virus; the vaccine disease. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to a vaccine or vaccination. [ PJC ]

n. 1. The virus of vaccinia used in vaccination. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. any preparation used to render an organism immune to some disease, by inducing or increasing the natural immunity mechanisms. Prior to 1995, such preparations usually contained killed organisms of the type for which immunity was desired, and sometimes used live organisms having attenuated virulence. Since that date, preparations containing only specific antigenic portions of the pathogenic organism have also been used. Some of these are prepared by genetic engineering techniques. [ PJC ]

3. (Computers) A program designed to protect a computer from software viruses, by detecting and or eliminating them. [ PJC ]

(Med.) See Point, n., 26. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ NL. See Vaccine. ] (Med.) Cowpox; vaccina. See Cowpox. [ 1913 Webster ]