Void /(?)/

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.
6. Of no legal force or effect, incapable of confirmation or ratification; null. Cf. Voidable, 2. (Law)

1. An empty space; a vacuum.

   Pride, where wit fails, steps in to our defense, And fills up all the mighty void of sense.

imp. & p. p. Voided; p. pr. & vb. n. 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.

1. To be emitted or evacuated.