'Void' definitions:
Definition of 'void'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Lacking any legal or binding force; "null and void" [syn: null, void]
adjective
Containing nothing; "the earth was without form, and void"
noun
noun
An empty area or space; "the huge desert voids"; "the emptiness of outer space"; "without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum" [syn: void, vacancy, emptiness, vacuum]
verb
Declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea" [syn: invalidate, annul, quash, void, avoid, nullify] [ant: formalise, formalize, validate]
verb
Clear (a room, house, place) of occupants or empty or clear (a place or receptacle) of something; "The chemist voided the glass bottle"; "The concert hall was voided of the audience"
verb
Take away the legal force of or render ineffective; "invalidate a contract" [syn: invalidate, void, vitiate] [ant: validate]
verb
Definition of 'Void'
From: GCIDE
- Void \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. [1913 Webster]
- The earth was without form, and void. --Gen. i. 2. [1913 Webster]
- I 'll get me to a place more void. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- I 'll chain him in my study, that, at void hours, I may run over the story of his country. --Massinger. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Having no incumbent; unoccupied; -- said of offices and the like. [1913 Webster]
- Divers great offices that had been long void. --Camden. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Being without; destitute; free; wanting; devoid; as, void of learning, or of common use. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- A conscience void of offense toward God. --Acts xxiv. 16. [1913 Webster]
- He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbor. --Prov. xi. 12. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain. [1913 Webster]
- [My word] shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please. --Isa. lv. 11. [1913 Webster]
- I will make void the counsel of Judah. --Jer. xix. 7. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Containing no immaterial quality; destitute of mind or soul. "Idol, void and vain." --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Law) Of no legal force or effect, incapable of confirmation or ratification; null. Cf. Voidable, 2. [1913 Webster]
- Void space (Physics), a vacuum. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Empty; vacant; devoid; wanting; unfurnished; unsupplied; unoccupied. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Void'
From: GCIDE
- Void \Void\, v. i. To be emitted or evacuated. --Wiseman. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Void'
From: GCIDE
- Void \Void\, n. An empty space; a vacuum. [1913 Webster]
- Pride, where wit fails, steps in to our defense, And fills up all the mighty void of sense. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Void'
From: GCIDE
- Void \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. [1913 Webster]
- Void anon her place. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- If they will fight with us, bid them come down, Or void the field. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To throw or send out; to evacuate; to emit; to discharge; as, to void excrements. [1913 Webster]
- A watchful application of mind in voiding prejudices. --Barrow. [1913 Webster]
- With shovel, like a fury, voided out The earth and scattered bones. --J. Webster. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To render void; to make to be of no validity or effect; to vacate; to annul; to nullify. [1913 Webster]
- After they had voided the obligation of the oath he had taken. --Bp. Burnet. [1913 Webster]
- It was become a practice . . . to void the security that was at any time given for money so borrowed. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster]