void

void [void]

adj.

[ME voide < OFr vuide < VL * vocitus, for L vocivus, var. of vacivus < vacare, to be empty]

1. not occupied; vacant: said of benefices, offices, etc.

2.

a) holding or containing nothing

b) devoid or destitute (of) [void of sense]

3. having no effect or result; ineffective; useless

4. Card Games holding no cards in a suit as dealt to the hand [to be void in clubs]

5. Law

a) of no legal force; not binding; invalid; null

b) loosely capable of being nullified

n.

1. total emptiness; an empty space or vacuum

2.

a) total absence of something normally present

b) a feeling of emptiness or deprivation [the void left by his death]

3. a break or open space, as in a surface; gap

4. Card Games the absence, from a player's hand as dealt, of any cards in a certain suit [a void in clubs]

vt.

[ME voiden < MFr vuidier < vuide, adj.]

1. Now Rare

a) to make empty; clear

b) to vacate

2.

a) to empty (the contents of something)

b) to evacuate, or discharge (urine or feces)

3. to make void, or of no effect; nullify; annul

vi.

to defecate or, esp., to urinate

SYN.- EMPTY

voidable

adj.

voider

n.