VOID

I. adjective Etymology: Middle English voyde, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *vocitus, alteration of Latin vocivus, vacivus empty, from vacare to be empty Date: 14th century 1. not occupied ; vacant , not inhabited ; deserted, containing nothing , idle , leisure , 4. being without something specified ; de~ , having no members or examples, vain , useless , 6. of no legal force or effect ; null , ~able , see: empty ~ness noun II. noun Date: 1616 1. opening , gap , empty space ; emptiness, vacuum , the quality or state of being without something ; lack , absence , a feeling of want or hollowness, absence of cards of a particular suit in a hand originally dealt to a player, III. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ~er (Old French of Île-de-France vuider) Vulgar Latin *vocitare, from *vocitus Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to make empty or vacant ; clear , vacate , leave , discharge , emit , nullify , annul , intransitive verb to eliminate solid or liquid waste from the body, ~er noun