vacua

An occasional plural of vacиит. vacuate (vak'u-āt), v. t.; pret. and pp. vacuated, ppr. vacuating. [ Mistaken zeal,... like the Pharisee's Corban, under the pretense of an extraordinary service to God, vacuates all duty to man. Secular Priest Exposed (1703), p. 27. (Latham.) vacuation (vak-u-ā'shon), n. [ vacuate + -ion.] The act of emptying; evacuation. Bailey, 1731. [Rare.]