Meaning of VOID
| Pronunciation: | | voyd
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- [n] an empty area or space; "the huge desert voids"; "the emptiness of outer space"
- [n] the state of nonexistence
- [adj] containing nothing; "the earth was without form, and void"
- [adj] (law) lacking any legal or binding force; "null and void"
- [v] excrete or discharge from the body
- [v] take away the legal force of or render ineffective; "invalidateas a contract"
- [v] clear (a room, house, place) of occupants or empty or clear (a place, receptacle, etc.) of something; "The chemist voided the glass bottle"; "The concert hall was voided of the audience"
- [v] declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "avoid a plea"
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| | Synonyms: | | annul, avoid, emptiness, empty, empty, evacuate, invalid, invalidate, invalidate, nothingness, null, nullify, nullity, quash, vacancy, vitiate |
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| | Antonyms: | | formalise, formalize, validate, validate | | |
| | See Also: | | alter, break, cancel, change, egest, eliminate, empty, excrete, nonentity, nonexistence, pass, space, stet, strike down, suction, thin air | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
\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.
\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.
\Void\, v. i.
To be emitted or evacuated. --Wiseman.
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| | Definition: | | To empty the bladder in order to obtain a urine sample for testing. |
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| | Definition: | | Invalid; a void agreement is one for which there is no remedy. |
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