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.
Pride, where wit fails, steps in to our defense, And
fills up all the mighty void of sense. --Pope.
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.