Both Uses of
vacate
in
Ulysses by James Joyce
- It having become necessary for him to unfurl a reef the sailor vacated his seat.†
Chpt 16 *
- …from opposite the door to the ingleside near the compactly furled Union Jack (an alteration which he had frequently intended to execute): the blue and white checker inlaid majolicatopped table had been placed opposite the door in the place vacated by the prune plush sofa: the walnut sideboard (a projecting angle of which had momentarily arrested his ingress) had been moved from its position beside the door to a more advantageous but more perilous position in front of the door: two…†
Chpt 17
Definition:
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(vacate as in: vacate the building) to leave a place, job or position previously occupied