Void | Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Void, a.

adjective

a. [O. Fr. void, voide, vuit, vuid, vuide, N. Fr. vide, Pr. vuei, voig, It. vuoto, voto, from Lat. viduus, widowed, deprived of, with the first u transposed.] 1. Empty; vacant; not occupied; not filled. I'll get me to some place more void. Shak. I chain him in my study, that, at void hours, I may run over the story of his country. Massinger. 2. Being without; destitute; free; wanting; as, void of learning, or of common sense. “A conscience void of offense toward God and toward men.” Acts xxiv. 16. “Void of corporal sense.” Milton. He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbor. Prov. xi. 13.

Having no incumbent; unoccupied; vain. “Divers offices that had been long void.” Camden.
Having no legal or binding force; null; not effectual to bind parties, or to convey or support a right; not sufficient to produce its effect.

It 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 and Jerusalem in this place. Jer. xix. 7.

Unsubstantial; vain. “Lifeless idol, void and vain.” Pope.
(Law.) Of no legal force or effect whatsoever; null and incapable of confirmation or ratification. See VOIDABLE.

Void space (Physics), a vacuum. Syn. — Empty; vacant; devoid; wanting; unfurnished; unsupplied; unoccupied.

Void, n.

noun

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, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. VOIDED; p. pr. & vb. n. VOIDING.] 1. To make or leave vacant or empty; to quit; to leave. Bid them come down, Or void the field. Shak. 2. To throw, emit, or send out; to evacuate; 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. Webster, 1623. 3. To render of no validity or effect; to vacate; to annul; to nullify. “After they had voided the obligation of the oath he had taken.” Burnet. It had become a practice . . . to void the security given for money borrowed. Clarendon.

Void, v. i.

verbintransitive

To be emitted. [Rare.] Wiseman.