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devoid

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de⋅void

  [di-void]
Use devoid in a Sentence
–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.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME, orig. ptp. < AF, for OF desvuidier to empty out, equiv. to des- dis- 1 + vuidier to empty, void

Synonyms:
1. lacking, wanting, destitute, bereft, barren.
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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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Word Origin & History

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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