— vacatable , adj.
/vay"kayt/ or, esp. Brit., /veuh kayt", vay-/ , v. , vacated, vacating .
v.t.
1. to give up possession or occupancy of: to vacate an apartment.
2. to give up or relinquish (an office, position, etc.): to vacate the presidency of a firm.
3. to render inoperative; deprive of validity; void; annul: to vacate a legal judgment.
4. to cause to be empty or unoccupied; make vacant: to vacate one's mind of worries.
v.i.
5. to withdraw from occupancy; surrender possession: We will have to vacate when our lease expires.
6. to give up or leave a position, office, etc.
7. to leave; go away.
[ 1635-45; vacatus ptp. of vacare to be empty; see -ATE 1 ]