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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.
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The earth was without form, and void. --Gen. i. 2.
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I 'll get me to a place more void. --Shak.
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I 'll chain him in my study, that, at void hours,
I may run over the story of his country.
--Massinger.
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2. Having no incumbent; unoccupied; -- said of offices and
the like.
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Divers great offices that had been long void.
--Camden.
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3. Being without; destitute; free; wanting; devoid; as, void
of learning, or of common use. --Milton.
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A conscience void of offense toward God. --Acts
xxiv. 16.
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He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbor.
--Prov. xi.
12.
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4. Not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain.
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[My word] shall not return to me void, but it shall
accomplish that which I please. --Isa. lv. 11.
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I will make void the counsel of Judah. --Jer. xix.
7.
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5. Containing no immaterial quality; destitute of mind or
soul. "Idol, void and vain." --Pope.
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6. (Law) Of no legal force or effect, incapable of
confirmation or ratification; null. Cf. {Voidable}, 2.
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{Void space} (Physics), a vacuum.
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Syn: Empty; vacant; devoid; wanting; unfurnished; unsupplied;
unoccupied.
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