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de⋅void
[di-void] 
–adjective
| 1. | not possessing, untouched by, void, or destitute (usually fol. by of). |
–verb (used with object)
| 2. | to deplete or strip of some quality or substance: imprisonment that devoids a person of humanity. |
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| de·void (dĭ-void') adj. Completely lacking; destitute or empty: a novel devoid of wit and inventiveness. [Middle English, past participle of devoiden, to remove, eliminate, from Old French desvoidier : des-, de- + voidier, to empty (from voide, empty; see void).] |
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Devoid
De*void"\, v. t. [OE. devoiden to leave, OF. desvuidier, desvoidier, to empty out. See Void.] To empty out; to remove.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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Language Translation for : devoid
Spanish:
desprovisto de,
German:
ohne, befreit,
Japanese:
欠けている
devoid
c.1325, shortening of devoided, pp. of obsolete devoiden "remove, void, vacate," from O.Fr. devoider, from des- "out, away" + voider "to empty," from voide "empty" (see void).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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