Va*cu"i*ty (?), n. [L. vacuitas. See Vacuous.]

1. The quality or state of being vacuous, or not filled; emptiness;

vacancy; as, vacuity of mind; vacuity of countenance.

Hunger is such a state of vacuity as to require a fresh supply of

aliment.

Arbuthnot.

2. Space unfilled or unoccupied, or occupied with an invisible fluid

only; emptiness; void; vacuum.

A vacuity is interspersed among the particles of matter.

Bentley.

God . . . alone can answer all our longings and fill every vacuity of

our soul.

Rogers.

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