I.to make empty; to empty, clear, free.
I. Lit. (rare but class.): “quid quod adventu tuo ista subsellia vacuefacta sunt,” Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 16: “domum novis nuptiis,” id. ib. 1, 6, 14: “Scyrum vacuefecit,” Nep. Cim. 2, 5; id. Timol. 3, 2: “fasces securibus,” Val. Max. 4, 1, 1: “turpi sentinā exercitus vacuefactus,” id. 2, 7, 1: “venas inedia,” Macr. S. 7, 12: “locum alicui in cenā,” to clear a place, make room, id. ib. 1, 2.—
II. Trop.: “circumcisiones,” i. e. to abolish, Lact. 4, 17, 1.