Category:Void

Void, a. Etym: [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)

Defn: 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.

Void Void, n.

Defn: an empty space; a vacuum. Pride, where wit fails, steps in to our defense, and fills up all the Mighty void of sense. Pope.

Void Void, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Voided; p. pr. & vb. n. Voiding.] Etym: [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.

Void Void, v. i.

Defn: to be emitted or evacuated. Wiseman.