vacuefacio

văcŭē-făcĭo, fēci, factum, 3, v. a. [vacuus], 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.