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void

  [void] ,
Use Void in a Sentence
–adjective
1. Law. having no legal force or effect; not legally binding or enforceable.
2. useless; ineffectual; vain.
3. devoid; destitute (usually fol. by of): a life void of meaning.
4. without contents; empty.
5. without an incumbent, as an office.
6. Mathematics. (of a set) empty.
7. (in cards) having no cards in a suit.
–noun
8. an empty space; emptiness: He disappeared into the void.
9. something experienced as a loss or privation: His death left a great void in her life.
10. a gap or opening, as in a wall.
11. a vacancy; vacuum.
12. Typography. counter 3 (def. 10).
13. (in cards) lack of cards in a suit: a void in clubs.
–verb (used with object)
14. to make ineffectual; invalidate; nullify: to void a check.
15. to empty; discharge; evacuate: to void excrement.
16. to clear or empty (often fol. by of): to void a chamber of occupants.
17. Archaic. to depart from; vacate.
–verb (used without object)
18. to defecate or urinate.
Origin:
1250–1300; (adj.) ME voide < AF, OF < VL *vocīta, fem. of *vocītus, dissimilated var. of L vocīvus, itself var. of vac(ī)vus empty; see vacuum; (v.) ME voiden < AF voider, OF < VL *vocītāre, deriv. of *vocītus; (n.) deriv. of the adj.

Related forms:
voidness, noun

Synonyms:
3, 4. See empty. 5. vacant, unoccupied. 8. vacuum.
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coun⋅ter

3  [koun-ter]
–adverb
1. in the wrong way; contrary to the right course; in the reverse or opposite direction.
2. contrary; in opposition (usually prec. by run or go): to run counter to the rules.
–adjective
3. opposite; opposed; contrary.
–noun
4. something that is opposite or contrary to something else.
5. a blow delivered in receiving or parrying another blow, as in boxing.
6. a statement or action made to refute, oppose, or nullify another statement or action.
7. Fencing. a circular parry.
8. a piece of leather or other material inserted between the lining and outside leather of a shoe or boot quarter to keep it stiff.
9. Nautical. the part of a stern that overhangs and projects aft of the sternpost of a vessel.
10. Also called void. Typesetting. any part of the face of a type that is less than type-high and is therefore not inked.
11. Engineering, Building Trades. a truss member subject to stress only under certain partial loadings of the truss.
12. the part of a horse's breast that lies between the shoulders and under the neck.
–verb (used with object)
13. to go counter to; oppose; controvert.
14. to meet or answer (a move, blow, etc.) by another in return.
–verb (used without object)
15. to make a counter or opposing move.
16. to give a blow while receiving or parrying one, as in boxing.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME countre < AF co(u)ntre, cuntre, OF contre < L contrā against. See counter-
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void   (void)   
adj.  

  1. Containing no matter; empty.

  2. Not occupied; unfilled.

  3. Completely lacking; devoid: void of understanding. See Synonyms at empty.

  4. Ineffective; useless.

  5. Having no legal force or validity; null: a contract rendered void.

  6. Games Lacking cards of a particular suit in a dealt hand.

n.  

    1. An empty space.

    2. A vacuum.

  2. An open space or a break in continuity; a gap.

  3. A feeling or state of emptiness, loneliness, or loss.

  4. Games Absence of cards of a particular suit in a dealt hand: a void in hearts.

v.   void·ed, void·ing, voids

v.   tr.

  1. To take out (the contents of something); empty.

  2. To excrete (body wastes).

  3. To leave; vacate.

  4. To make void or of no validity; invalidate: issued a new passport and voided the old one.

v.   intr.
To excrete body wastes.

[Middle English, from Old French voide, feminine of voit, from Vulgar Latin *vocitus, alteration of Latin vacīvus, vocīvus, variant of vacuus, from vacāre, to be empty; see euə- in Indo-European roots.]
void'er n.
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Word Origin & History

void  (adj.)
c.1290, "unoccupied, vacant," from Anglo-Fr. and O.Fr. voide "empty, vast, wide, hollow, waste," from L. vocivus "unoccupied, vacant," related to vacuus "empty" (see vacuum). Meaning "lacking or wanting" (something) is recorded from c.1420. Meaning "legally invalid" is attested from 1433. Noun sense of "empty space, vacuum" is from 1727. The verb meaning "to clear" (some place, of something) is first recorded c.1300; meaning "to deprive (something) of legal validity" is attested from c.1325.

counter  (n.)
1345, "table where a money lender does business," from O.Fr. contouer "counting room, table of a bank," from M.L. computatorium "place of accounts," from L. computare (see compute). Generalized 19c. from banks to shops, then extended to display cases for goods. Phrase under the counter is from 1926.
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: void
Pronunciation: 'void
Function: adjective
1 : of no force or effect under law void marriage>
2 : VOIDABLE —void·ness noun

Main Entry: void
Function: transitive verb
: to make or declare void <void a contract>
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2counter
Function: noun
: one that counts; especially : a device for indicating a number or amount —see GEIGER COUNTER

Main Entry: void
Pronunciation: 'void
Function: transitive verb
: to discharge or emit (as excrement) void intransitive senses
: to eliminate solid or liquid waste from the body
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Medical Dictionary

counter count·er (koun'tər)
n.
One that counts, especially an electronic or mechanical device that automatically counts occurrences or repetitions of phenomena or events.

void (void)
v. void·ed, void·ing, voids
To excrete body wastes. adj.
Containing no matter; empty.

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Idioms & Phrases

void

see null and void.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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