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noun

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."

adjective

Void adj.

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. "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. Cf. Voidable, 2.

Void space (Physics), a vacuum.

Synonyms: Empty; vacant; devoid; wanting; unfurnished; unsupplied; unoccupied.

verb

Void v. t. (past & past part. voided; pres. part. voiding)

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 v. i. To be emitted or evacuated.

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Etymology of 'Void'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Void" Quotes from Famous Books

... ready to fare to it, and to hear the award which should be given. But first sundry of Njal's friends came to see him and offered to stand by him, and to set up their tents beside his, and among them were Gizur the white and Asgrim. And at the Thing an award was made, but was made void by a quarrel between Flosi, the friend of Hauskuld the slain, and Skarphedinn, and Njal and his sons returned home, and ...

— The Red Romance Book • Various

... 64 degrees 15 min.] The 29. of Iuly we discouered land in 64 degrees 15 minutes of latitude, bearing Northeast from vs. The winde being contrary to goe to the Northwestwards, we bare in with this land to take some view of it, being vtterly void of the pester yce and very temperate. Comming neere the coast, we found many faire sounds and good roads for shipping, and many great inlets into the land, whereby we iudged this land to be a great number of Islands standing together. Heere hauing mored our barke in good order, we went on shoare ...

— The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation, Vol. XII., America, Part I. • Richard Hakluyt

... which creeps about with stealthy feet, winding its way into the most secluded courtyards and sending a sudden shiver through the frail bamboos that stand beside your dinner-table in some heated square. Then the zephyr departs mysteriously as it came, and leaves behind a great void—a torrid vacuum which is soon filled up by the honey-sweet fragrance of hay and aromatic plants. Every night this balsamic breath invades the town, filling its streets with ambrosial suggestions. It is one of the charms of Rome at this particular season; quite a local speciality, for ...

— Alone • Norman Douglas

... in my hand, and feature by feature I brought forth with bitter joy the image that is deeply graven in my heart, believing that thus I might be released from the spell. There is the fruit which was ripened in my heart, but there, where it so long has dwelt, I feel a dismal void, and if the husk which so long tenderly enfolded this image were to wither and fall asunder, I should not wonder at it.—To that thing there clings the ...

— Uarda • Georg Ebers

... Islands. That all proceedings taken or pending for such sale or disposition should be discontinued and that if any sales or agreements for sale have been made since the adoption of the Resolution of Annexation the purchasers should be notified that the same are null and void and any consideration paid to the legal authorities on account thereof ...

— Messages and Papers of William McKinley V.2. • William McKinley

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