void
void is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 13 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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.
- 4.He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbor. Prov. xi.
- 5.4. Not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain. [My word] shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please. Isa. lv.
- 6.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.
- 8.(Law) Of no legal force or effect, incapable of confirmation or ratification; null. Cf. Voidable, 2. Void space (Physics), a vacuum.
- 9.An empty space; a vacuum. Pride, where wit fails, steps in to our defense, And fills up all the mighty void of sense. Pope.
- 10.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.
- 11.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.
- 12.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.
- 13.To be emitted or evacuated. Wiseman.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abra
- absence
- abysm
- abyss
- acarpous
- accusation
- aching
- addle
- again
- alas
- and
- any
- arid
- aside
- back
- bad
- barranca
- barren
- behind
- between
- bewail
- bitterness
- bland
- blandness
- breach
- breachy
- break
- caesura
- cancel
- canon
- cast
- chap
- chasm
- chink
- cipher
- cleft
- close
- clove
- coach
- come
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is void.
- What is 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 called?
- What is having no incumbent; unoccupied; -- said of offices and the like. Divers great offices that had been long void. Camden called?
- What is being without; destitute; free; wanting; devoid; as, void of learning, or of common use. Milton. A conscience void of offense toward God. Acts xxiv called?
- What is he that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbor. Prov. xi called?
- What is 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 called?
- What is i will make void the counsel of Judah. Jer. xix called?
- What is 5. Containing no immaterial quality; destitute of mind or soul. "Idol, void and vain." Pope called?
- What is of no legal force or effect, incapable of confirmation or ratification; null. Cf. Voidable, 2. Void space (Physics), a vacuum called?
- What is an empty space; a vacuum. Pride, where wit fails, steps in to our defense, And fills up all the mighty void of sense. Pope called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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