voided

[ voi-did ]

/ ˈvɔɪ dɪd /

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adjective

having a void.

having been made void: a voided contract.

having a section or area that has been cut out or omitted: a voided Greek cross.

Heraldry. (of a charge) depicted as if the center had been removed so as to leave only an outline: an inescutcheon voided.

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Origin of voided

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at void, -ed²

Related formsun·void·ed, adjective

void

[ void ]

/ vɔɪd /

adjective

Law. having no legal force or effect; not legally binding or enforceable.

useless; ineffectual; vain.

devoid; destitute (usually followed by of): a life void of meaning.

without contents; empty.

without an incumbent, as an office.

Mathematics. (of a set) empty.

(in cards) having no cards in a suit.

noun

an empty space; emptiness: He disappeared into the void.

something experienced as a loss or privation: His death left a great void in her life.

a gap or opening, as in a wall.

a vacancy; vacuum.

Typography. counter³(def 10).

(in cards) lack of cards in a suit: a void in clubs.

verb (used with object)

to make ineffectual; invalidate; nullify: to void a check.

to empty; discharge; evacuate: to void excrement.

to clear or empty (often followed by of): to void a chamber of occupants.

Archaic. to depart from; vacate.

verb (used without object)

to defecate or urinate.

Origin of void

1250–1300; (adj.) Middle English voide < Anglo-French, Old French < Vulgar Latin *vocīta, feminine of *vocītus, dissimilated variant of Latin vocīvus, itself variant of vac(ī)vus empty; see vacuum; (v.) Middle English voiden < Anglo-French voider, Old French < Vulgar Latin *vocītāre, derivative of *vocītus; (noun) derivative of the adj.

SYNONYMS FOR void

3, 4. See empty. 5. vacant, unoccupied. 8. vacuum.

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Related forms

void·ness, nounnon·void, adjective, nounpre·void, verb (used with object)un·void, adjective

un·void·ness, noun

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Examples from the Web for voided

The meltdown of the Chernobyl reactor blew the unit's casing apart and voided the core to the atmosphere.
Why Japan's Nuclear Meltdown Is No Chernobyl|Owen Matthews|March 13, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Then straightway Sir Tristram voided his saddle and drew his sword and dressed his shield.
The Story of the Champions of the Round Table|Howard Pyle
Crest / a reform tortoise of the rand emergent couped at the neck proper disarmed and voided of assets.
"Mr Punch's" Book of Arms|Edward Tennyson Reed
The Fret, drawn as a voided lozenge interlaced by a slender saltire, is counted an Ordinary.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3|Various

Come when you can; I have much to talk over ere these same sands run out, leaving a voided glass in the sunlight.
Cardigan|Robert W. Chambers
My husband perhaps thought he was going to be paid by the week and that's why he voided that one.
Warren Commission (10 of 26): Hearings Vol. X (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

British Dictionary definitions for voided

voided

/ (ˈvɔɪdɪd) /

adjective

heraldry (of a design) with a hole in the centre of the same shape as the designa voided lozenge

rare having a void or made void

void

/ (vɔɪd) /

adjective

without contents; empty

not legally bindingnull and void

(of an office, house, position, etc) without an incumbent; unoccupied

(postpositive foll by of) destitute or devoidvoid of resources

having no effect; uselessall his efforts were rendered void

(of a card suit or player) having no cards in a particular suithis spades were void

noun

an empty space or areathe huge desert voids of Asia

a feeling or condition of loneliness or deprivationhis divorce left him in a void

a lack of any cards in one suitto have a void in spades

Also called: counter the inside area of a character of type, such as the inside of an o

verb (mainly tr)

to make ineffective or invalid

to empty (contents, etc) or make empty of contents

(also intr) to discharge the contents of (the bowels or urinary bladder)

archaic to vacate (a place, room, etc)

obsolete to expel

Derived Formsvoider, nounvoidness, noun

Word Origin for void

C13: from Old French vuide, from Vulgar Latin vocītus (unattested), from Latin vacuus empty, from vacāre to be empty

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Word Origin and History for voided

void

"empty space, vacuum," 1727; see void (adj.).

void

"to clear" (some place, of something), c.1300, from void (adj.); meaning "to deprive (something) of legal validity" is attested from early 14c. Related: Voided; voiding.

void

adj.

late 13c., "unoccupied, vacant," from Anglo-French and Old French voide "empty, vast, wide, hollow, waste," from Latin vocivus "unoccupied, vacant," related to vacuus "empty" (see vacuum). Meaning "lacking or wanting" (something) is recorded from early 15c. Meaning "legally invalid" is attested from mid-15c.

Medicine definitions for voided

void

[ void ]

v.

To excrete body wastes.

adj.

Containing no matter; empty.

Idioms and Phrases with voided

void

see null and void.

voided

adjective

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