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void

noun

  1. something that has no legal effect; the absence of legal effect
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verb

  1. to invalidate
  2. (cause to) become empty, often of waste products
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adjective

  1. be empty, often of waste products
  2. to be invalid
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /vɔɪd/

adj

Etymology: From Middle English voide, voyde, from Old French vuit, voide, vuide (modern vide), in turn from Vulgar Latin *vocitum, ultimately from Latin vacuus.

  1. Containing nothing; empty; not occupied or filled.

    Today's youth's brains are sucked void of common sense.

    I'll get me to a place more void.

  2. Having no incumbent; unoccupied; said of offices etc.

    divers great offices that had been long void

  3. Being without; destitute; devoid.

    Suppoſe they be in number infinit, Yet being voyd of Martiall diſcipline, All running headlong after greedie ſpoiles: […] Their careleſſe ſwords ſhal lanch their fellows throats And make vs triumph in their ouerthrow.

    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. Of no legal force or effect, incapable of confirmation or ratification.

    null and void

    Taiwan's government says that as the island has never been ruled by the People's Republic of China, its sovereignty claims are void.

  6. Containing no immaterial quality; destitute of mind or soul.

    And senseless words she gave, and sounding strain, / But senseless, lifeless! idol void and vain!

  7. Of a function or method, that does not return a value; being a procedure rather than a function.

    In particular, the roll method is void — it has no return value.

    The return value can safely be ignored if it is a void function.

  8. Having no cards in a particular suit.

noun

Etymology: Alteration of voidee.

  1. A voidee.

    Late on the final evening, as the customary ‘void’ – spiced wine and sweetmeats – was served, more elaborate disguisings in the great hall culminated in the release of a flock of white doves.

verb

Etymology: From Middle English voide, voyde, from Old French vuit, voide, vuide (modern vide), in turn from Vulgar Latin *vocitum, ultimately from Latin vacuus.

  1. To make invalid or worthless.

    Near-synonym: nullify

    He voided the check and returned it.

  2. Synonym of empty (verb).

    void one’s bladder

    void one’s bowels

  3. To throw or send out; to evacuate; to emit; to discharge.

    to void excrement

    You, that did void your rheum upon my beard, And foot me as you spurn a stranger cur

  4. To withdraw; to depart.

    BY than come in to the feld kynge Ban as fyers as a lyon[…]/ Ha a said kyng Lot we must be discomfyte / for yonder I see the moste valyaunt knyght of the world / and the man of the most renoume / for suche ij bretheren as is kyng Ban & kyng bors ar not lyuynge / wherfore we must nedes voyde or deye

  5. To remove the contents of; to make or leave vacant or empty; to quit; to leave.

    to void a table

    If they will fight with us, bid them come down, / Or void the field.