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void
[void] 
,–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.
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
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. |
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| void (void) adj.
v. tr.
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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Void
Void\, a. [OE. voide, OF. voit, voide, vuit, vuide, F. vide, fr. (assumed) LL. vocitus, fr. L. vocare, an old form of vacare to be empty, or a kindred word. Cf. Vacant, Avoid.]1. Containing nothing; empty; vacant; not occupied; not filled. The earth was without form, and void. --Gen. i. 2. I 'll get me to a place more void. --Shak. I 'll chain him in my study, that, at void hours, I may run over the story of his country. --Massinger. 2. Having no incumbent; unoccupied; -- said of offices and the like. Divers great offices that had been long void. --Camden. 3. Being without; destitute; free; wanting; devoid; as, void of learning, or of common use. --Milton. A conscience void of offense toward God. --Acts xxiv. 16. He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbor. --Prov. xi. 12. 4. Not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain. [My word] shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please. --Isa. lv. 11. I will make void the counsel of Judah. --Jer. xix. 7. 5. Containing no immaterial quality; destitute of mind or soul. "Idol, void and vain." --Pope. 6. (Law) Of no legal force or effect, incapable of confirmation or ratification; null. Cf. Voidable, 2. Void space (Physics), a vacuum. Syn: Empty; vacant; devoid; wanting; unfurnished; unsupplied; unoccupied.Void
Void\, n. An empty space; a vacuum. Pride, where wit fails, steps in to our defense, And fills up all the mighty void of sense. --Pope.Void
Void\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Voided; p. pr. & vb. n. Voiding.] [OF. voidier, vuidier. See Void, a.]1. To remove the contents of; to make or leave vacant or empty; to quit; to leave; as, to void a table. Void anon her place. --Chaucer. If they will fight with us, bid them come down, Or void the field. --Shak. 2. To throw or send out; to evacuate; to emit; to discharge; as, to void excrements. A watchful application of mind in voiding prejudices. --Barrow. With shovel, like a fury, voided out The earth and scattered bones. --J. Webster. 3. To render void; to make to be of no validity or effect; to vacate; to annul; to nullify. After they had voided the obligation of the oath he had taken. --Bp. Burnet. It was become a practice . . . to void the security that was at any time given for money so borrowed. --Clarendon.Void
Void\, v. i. To be emitted or evacuated. --Wiseman.
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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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>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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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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void (void)
v. void·ed, void·ing, voids
To excrete body wastes. adj.
Containing no matter; empty.
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void
see null and void.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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