Emily Dickinson Lexicon

VOID, a. [Fr. vuide; It. volo; L. viduus; Sw. ode; G. and Dan. ode, waste, which seems to be the Eng. wide; so waste and vast are from one root. It coincides with Gr. {foreign}, and the root of L. divide, Ar. {foreign}, hada, to separate. Class lid, No. I, See also No. 48.]

1. Empty; vacant; not occupied with any visible matter; us, a trod space or place. 1 Kings xxii.
2. Empty; without inhabitants or furniture. Gen. I.
3. Having. no legal or binding force; null; not effectual to f bind parties, or to convey or support a right; not sufficient to produce its effect. Thus a deed not duly signed and; sealed, is void. A fraudulent contract is void, or may be rendered void. My word shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please. Is. lv. I wilt make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place. Jer. xix.
4. Free; clear; as, a conscience void of offence. Acts xxiv.
5. Destitute; as, void of learning; void of reason or common sense. He that Is void of wisdom, despiseth his neighbor. Prov. xl.
6. Unsupplied; vacant; unoccupied; having no incumbent. Divers offices that had been long void. Camden.
7. Unsubstantial; vain. Lifeless Idol, void and vsin. Pope.
8. Void space, in physics, a vacuum.
9. To make void, to violate; to transgress. They have made void thy law. Ps. cxix.
10. To render useless or of no effect. Rom. iv.