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Webster 1913 Edition

Void

Void

,
Adj.
[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
.
Shakespeare
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

,
Noun.
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

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Voided
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Voiding
.]
[OF.
voidier
,
vuidier
. See
Void
,
Adj.
]
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.
Shakespeare
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

,
Verb.
I.
To be emitted or evacuated.
Wiseman.

Webster 1828 Edition

Void

VOID

,
Adj.
[L. viduus, divido. Gr.]
1.
Empty; vacant; not occupied with any visible matter; as a void space or place. 1Kings 22.
2.
Empty; without inhabitants or furniture. Gen. 1.
3.
Having no legal or binding force; null; not effectual to bind parties, or to convey or support a right; not sufficient to produce its effect. Thus a deed not duly signed and sealed, is void. A fraudulent contract is void, or may be rendered void.
My word shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please. Is. 55.
I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place. Jer. 19.
4.
Free; clear; as a conscience void of offense. Acts 24.
5.
Destitute; as void of learning; void of reason or common sense.
He that is void of wisdom, despiseth his neighbor.
Prov. 11.
6.
Unsupplied; vacant; unoccupied; having no incumbent.
Divers offices that had been long void.
7.
Unsubstantial; vain.
Lifeless idol, void and vain.
Void space, in physics, a vacuum.
1.
To make void; to violate; to transgress.
They have made void thy law. Ps. 119.
2.
To render useless or of no effect. Rom. 4.

VOID

,
Noun.
An empty space; a vacuum.
Pride, where wit falls, steps in to our defense, and fills up all the mighty void of sense.
Th' illimitable void.

VOID

, v.t.
1.
To quit; to leave.
Bid them come down, or void the field.
2.
To emit; to send out; to evacuate; as, to void excrementitious matter; to void worms.
3.
To vacate; to annul; to nullify; to render of no validity or effect.
It had become a practice - to void the security given for money borrowed.
4.
To make or leave vacant.

VOID

,
Verb.
I.
To be emitted or evacuated.

Definition 2024

void

void

See also: võid

English

Adjective

void ‎(not comparable)

  1. Containing nothing; empty; vacant; not occupied; not filled.
    • Bible, Genesis i. 2
      The earth was without form, and void.
    • Shakespeare
      I'll get me to a place more void.
    • Massinger
      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 etc.
    • Camden
      divers great offices that had been long void
  3. Being without; destitute; devoid.
    • Bible, Proverbs xi. 12
      He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbor.
  4. Not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain.
    • Bible, Isa. lv. 11
      [My word] shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please.
    • Bible, Jer. xix. 7
      I will make void the counsel of Judah.
  5. Of no legal force or effect, incapable of confirmation or ratification.
    null and void
  6. Containing no immaterial quality; destitute of mind or soul.
    • Alexander Pope
      idol, void and vain
  7. (computing, programming, of a function or method) That does not return a value.
    • 2005, Craig Larman, Applying UML and patterns
      In particular, the roll method is void — it has no return value.
    • 2007, Andrew Krause, Foundations of GTK+ Development
      The return value can safely be ignored if it is a void function.
Translations

Noun

void ‎(plural voids)

  1. An empty space; a vacuum.
    Nobody has crossed the void since one man died trying three hundred years ago; it's high time we had another go.
    • Alexander Pope
      Pride, where wit fails, steps in to our defence, / And fills up all the mighty void of sense.
  2. (astronomy) An extended region of space containing no galaxies
  3. (materials science) A collection of adjacent vacancies inside a crystal lattice.
  4. (fluid mechanics) A pocket of vapour inside a fluid flow, created by cavitation.
Synonyms
  • ((engineering) collection of vacancies): pore
  • ((engineering) pocket of vapour in fluid): bubble
Translations

Verb

void ‎(third-person singular simple present voids, present participle voiding, simple past and past participle voided)

  1. (transitive) To make invalid or worthless.
    He voided the check and returned it.‎
    • Earl of Clarendon (1609-1674)
      It was become a practice […] to void the security that was at any time given for money so borrowed.
    • Bishop Burnet (1643-1715)
      after they had voided the obligation of the oath he had taken
  2. (transitive, medicine) To empty.
    void one’s bowels‎
  3. To throw or send out; to evacuate; to emit; to discharge.
    to void excrement‎
  4. (intransitive, obsolete) To withdraw, depart.
    • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter xvj, in Le Morte Darthur, book I:
      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. (transitive, obsolete) To remove the contents of; to make or leave vacant or empty; to quit; to leave.
    to void a table‎
Synonyms
Translations

Etymology 2

Alteration of voidee.

Noun

void ‎(plural voids)

  1. (now rare, historical) A voidee. [from 15th c.]
    • 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin 2012, p. 68:
      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.

Anagrams

Middle French

Alternative forms

Verb

void

  1. third-person singular indicative present form of veoir

Etymology

From Old French vuit, voide (modern vide), in turn from Latin vacivus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɔɪd/, /'vɔɪ.əd/
  • Rhymes: -ɔɪd

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