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English Dictionary: devoid by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
devoid
adj
  1. completely wanting or lacking; "writing barren of insight"; "young recruits destitute of experience"; "innocent of literary merit"; "the sentence was devoid of meaning"
    Synonym(s): barren, destitute, devoid, free, innocent
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Devoid \De*void"\, v. t. [OE. devoiden to leave, OF. desvuidier,
      desvoidier, to empty out. See {Void}.]
      To empty out; to remove.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Devoid \De*void"\, a. [See {Devoid}, v. t.]
      1. Void; empty; vacant. [Obs.] --Spenser.
  
      2. Destitute; not in possession; -- with of; as, devoid of
            sense; devoid of pity or of pride.
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