Void : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Void	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
void adj lacking any legal or binding force; "null and void" [syn: null, void] containing nothing; "the earth was without form, and void" n the state of nonexistence [syn: nothingness, void, nullity, nihility] an empty area or space; "the huge desert voids"; "the emptiness of outer space"; "without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum" Synonym(s): void, vacancy, emptiness, vacuum v declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea" Synonym(s): invalidate, annul, quash, void, avoid, nullify Antonym(s): formalise, formalize, validate 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" take away the legal force of or render ineffective; "invalidate a contract" Synonym(s): invalidate, void, vitiate Antonym(s): validate excrete or discharge from the body Synonym(s): evacuate, void, empty
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Void \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. 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. [bd]Idol, void and vain.[b8] --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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Void \Void\, v. i. To be emitted or evacuated. --Wiseman.