Void, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Voided; p. pr. & vb. n. Voiding.]
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.
Void·ed, a.
1. Emptied; evacuated.
2. Annulled; invalidated.
3. Her. Having the inner part cut away, or left vacant, a narrow border being left at the sides, the tincture of the field being seen in the vacant space; -- said of a charge.
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