evacuate Copy link Outline I. To leave unoccupiedII. To void by the natural passagesIII. To withdraw troops from1. dēdūco, xi, ctum, 3 (with praesidium)2. excēdo, ssi, ssum, 3 (of troops or people in general, to depart from3. ĕgrĕdior, gressus, 3 (like preced.) • evacuate: I. To leave unoccupied: văcuefăcio, 3: v. to vacate. II. To void by the natural passages: ēgĕro, ssi, stum, 3: to e. urine, urinam e., Plin.: v. to void. See also bowels. III. To withdraw troops from: 1. dēdūco, xi, ctum, 3 (with praesidium): that Argos and the other towns should be e.d, ut ab Argis ceterisque oppidis praesidia deducerentur, Liv. 34, 35, med.: simly, deducere de oppido praesidium, Cic. Att. 7, 14. 2. excēdo, ssi, ssum, 3 (of troops or people in general, to depart from: with abl. alone or gov. by ex: or absol.): whereas the Samnite garrison was purposing to e. (the place) the following night, quum praesidium Samnitium excessurum proxima nocte esset, Liv. 9, 16, med.: v. to quit. 3. ĕgrĕdior, gressus, 3 (like preced.): to e. a city with one change of raiment, e. urbe cum singulis vestimentis, Liv. 21, 12.