Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Void \Void\, v. i.
   To be emitted or evacuated. --Wiseman.

Void \Void\, a. [OE. voide, OF. voit, voide, vuit, vuide, F.
   vide, fr. (assumed) LL. vocitus, fr. L. vocare, an old form
   of vacare to be empty, or a kindred word. Cf. {Vacant},
   {Avoid}.]
   1. Containing nothing; empty; vacant; not occupied; not
      filled.

            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.

Void \Void\, 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 \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 : WordNet®

void
     adj 1: lacking any legal or binding force; "null and void" [syn: {null}]
     2: containing nothing; "the earth was without form, and void"

void
     v 1: declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea"
          [syn: {invalidate}, {annul}, {quash}, {avoid}, {nullify}]
          [ant: {validate}]
     2: clear (a room, house, place) of occupants or empty or clear
        (a place, receptacle, etc.) of something; "The chemist
        voided the glass bottle"; "The concert hall was voided of
        the audience"
     3: take away the legal force of or render ineffective;
        "invalidateas a contract" [syn: {invalidate}, {vitiate}]
        [ant: {validate}]
     4: excrete or discharge from the body [syn: {evacuate}, {empty}]

void
     n 1: the state of nonexistence [syn: {nothingness}, {nullity}]
     2: an empty area or space; "the huge desert voids"; "the
        emptiness of outer space"; "without their support he'll be
        ruling in a vacuum" [syn: {vacancy}, {emptiness}, {vacuum}]