Void \Void\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Voided; p. pr. & vb. n.
Voiding.]
[OF. voidier, vuidier. See Void, a.]
1. 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.
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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |