Void
Void , adjective
[Old English voide, Old French voit, voide, vuit, vuide, French vide, from (assumed) Late Latin vocitus, from Latin vocare, an old form of vacare to be empty, or a kindred word. Compare Vacant, Avoid.]
1.
Containing nothing; empty; vacant; not occupied; not filled.
The earth was without form, and void.
I 'll get me to a place more void.
I 'll chain him in my study, that, at void hours,
I may run over the story of his country.
2.
Having no incumbent; unoccupied; -- said of offices and the like.
Divers great offices that had been long void.
3.
Being without; destitute; free; wanting; devoid; as, void of learning, or of common use. — Milton
A conscience void of offense toward God.
He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbor.
4.
Not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain.
[My word] shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please.
I will make void the counsel of Judah.
5.
Containing no immaterial quality; destitute of mind or soul.
Idol, void and vain.
6.
(Law) Of no legal force or effect, incapable of confirmation or ratification; null. Compare Voidable, 2.
Collocations (1)
Void space (Physics) , a vacuum.
Void , noun
An empty space; a vacuum.
Pride, where wit fails, steps in to our defense,
And fills up all the mighty void of sense.
Void , transitive verb
[Old French 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.
If they will fight with us, bid them come down,
Or void the field.
2.
To throw or send out; to evacuate; to emit; to discharge; as, to void excrements.
A watchful application of mind in voiding prejudices.
With shovel, like a fury, voided out
The earth and scattered bones.
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.
It was become a practice... to void the security that was at any time given for money so borrowed.
Void , intransitive verb
To be emitted or evacuated. — Wiseman