DEVOID OF
adjective
1.
not possessing, untouched by, void, or destitute (usually followed 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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| —adj (foll by of) | |
| destitute or void (of); free (from) | |
| [C15: originally past participle of devoid (vb) to remove, from Old French devoidier, from de- | |
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Devoid of
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Word Origin & History
devoid
early 14c., 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).
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