Void (?), a. [OE. voide, OF. voit, voide, vuit, vuide, F. vide, fr. (assumed) LL. vocitus, fr. L. vocare, an old form of vacare to be empty, or a kindred word. Cf. Vacant, Avoid.]
1.
Containing nothing; empty; vacant; not occupied; not filled.
The earth was without form, and void.
Gen. i. 2.
I 'll get me to a place more void.
Shak.
I 'll chain him in my study, that, at void hours,
I may run over the story of his country.
Massinger.
2.
Having no incumbent; unoccupied; -- said of offices and the like.
Divers great offices that had been long void.
Camden.
3.
Being without; destitute; free; wanting; devoid; as, void of learning, or of common use.
Milton.
A conscience void of offense toward God.
Acts xxiv. 16.
He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbor.
Prov. xi. 12.
4.
Not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain.
[My word] shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please.
Isa. lv. 11.
I will make void the counsel of Judah.
Jer. xix. 7.
5.
Containing no immaterial quality; destitute of mind or soul.
"Idol,
void and vain."
Pope.
6. Law
Of no legal force or effect, incapable of confirmation or ratification; null. Cf. Voidable, 2.
Void space Physics, a vacuum.
Syn. -- Empty; vacant; devoid; wanting; unfurnished; unsupplied; unoccupied.
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Void, n.
An empty space; a vacuum.
Pride, where wit fails, steps in to our defense,
And fills up all the mighty void of sense.
Pope.
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Void, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Voided; p. pr. & vb. n. Voiding.] [OF. voidier, vuidier. See Void, a.]
1.
To remove the contents of; to make or leave vacant or empty; to quit; to leave; as, to void a table.
Void anon her place.
Chaucer.
If they will fight with us, bid them come down,
Or void the field.
Shak.
2.
To throw or send out; to evacuate; to emit; to discharge; as, to void excrements.
A watchful application of mind in voiding prejudices.
Barrow.
With shovel, like a fury, voided out
The earth and scattered bones.
J. Webster.
3.
To render void; to make to be of no validity or effect; to vacate; to annul; to nullify.
After they had voided the obligation of the oath he had taken.
Bp. Burnet.
It was become a practice . . . to void the security that was at any time given for money so borrowed.
Clarendon.
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Void, v. i.
To be emitted or evacuated.
Wiseman.
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