3. Abolition; nullification. [Obs.] Hooker. Evacuation day, the anniversary of the day on which the British army evacuated the city of New York, November 25, 1783.
EVACUATIVE
E*vac"u*a*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. évacuatif.]
Defn: Serving of tending to evacuate; cathartic; purgative.
EVACUATOR
E*vac"u*a`tor, n.
Defn: One who evacuates; a nullifier. "Evacuators of the law."
Hammond.
EVACUATORY
E*vac"u*a*to*ry, n.
Defn: A purgative.
EVADE
E*vade" (v. t. [imp. & p. p. Evaded; p. pr. & vb. n.. Evading.] Etym:
[L. evadere, evasum, e out + vadere to go, walk: cf. F. s'évader. See
Wade.]
Defn: To get away from by artifice; to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to elude; to escape from cleverly; as, to evade a blow, a pursuer, a punishment; to evade the force of an argument. The heathen had a method, more truly their own, of evading the Christian miracles. Trench.
EVADE
E*vade", v. t.