Emily Dickinson Lexicon

VO'CAL-LY, adv.

1. With voice; with an audible sound.
2. In words; as, to express desires vocally.

VO-CA'TION, n. [Fr. from L. vocatio, from voco, to call. See Voice.]

1. Among divines, a calling by the will of God; or the bestowment of God's distinguishing grace upon a person or nation, by which that person or nation is put in the way of salvation; as, the vocation of the Jews under the old dispensation, and of the Gentiles under the Gospel.
2. Summons; call; inducement. What can be urged for them who, not having the vocation of poverty to scribble, out of mere wantonness make themselves ridiculous! – Dryden.
3. Designation or destination to a particular state or profession. None is to enter the ecclesiastic or monastic state, without a particular vocation. – Cyc.
4. Employment; calling; occupation; trade; a word that includes professions as well as mechanical occupations Let every divine, every physician, every lawyer, and every mechanic be faithful and diligent in his vocation.

VOC'A-TIVE, a. [Fr. vocatif; vocativus.]

Relating to calling; as, the vocative case in grammar.

VOC'A-TIVE, n.

In grammar, the fifth case or state of nouns in the Latin language; or the case in any language in which a word is placed when the person is addressed; as, Domine, O Lord.

VO-CIF'ER-ATE, v.i. [L. vocifero; vox and fero.]

To cry out with vehemence; to exclaim.

VO-CIF'ER-ATE, v.t.

To utter with a loud voice.

VO-CIF'ER-A-TING, ppr.

Crying out with vehemence; uttering with a loud voice.

VO-CIF-ER-A'TION, n.

A violent outcry; vehement utterance of the voice. – Arbuthnot.

VO-CIF'ER-OUS, a.

Making a loud outcry; clamorous; noisy; as, vociferous heralds. – Chapman.

VO-CIF'ER-OUS-LY, adv.

With great noise in calling shouting, &c.

VO-CIF'ER-OUS-NESS, n.

Clamorousness.

VOGUE, n. [vōg; Fr. vogue, a rowing; It. voga, a rowing, mode, fashion; vogare, to row; Sp. voga; vogar, to row. This word belongs to the family of Bg, Wg. See Wag and Way. The sense of vogue is way, or the going of the world.]

The way or fashion of people at any particular time; temporary mode, custom, or practice; popular reception for the time. We say, a particular form of dress is now in vogue; an amusing writer is now in vogue; such opinions are now in vogue. The phrase, the vogue of the world, used by good writers formerly, is nearly or quite obsolete. Use may revive the obsoletest word, / And banish those that now are most in vogue. – Roscommon.

VOICE, n. [Fr. voix; L. vox; It. voce; Sp. voz; Gaelic, bagh, a word; baigham, to speak to; Ir. focal, a word; Sans. vach, to speak, L. voco. The sense of the verb is to throw, to drive out sound; and voice is that which is driven out.]

1. Sound or audible noise uttered by the mouth, either of human beings or of other animals. We say, the voice of a man is loud or clear; the voice of a woman is soft or musical; the voice of a dog is loud or harsh; the voice of a bird is sweet or melodious. The voice of human beings is articulate; that of beasts, inarticulate. The voices of men are different, and when uttered together, are often dissonant.
2. Any sound made by the breath; as, the trumpet's voice.
3. A vote; suffrage; opinion or choice expressed. Originally voice was the oral utterance of choice, but it now signifies any vote, however given. Some laws ordain, and some attend the choice / Of holy senates, and elect by voice. – Dryden. I have no words; / My voice is in my sword. – Shak.
4. Language; words; expression. Let us call on God in the voice of his church. – Felt.
5. In Scripture, command; precept. Ye would not he obedient to the voice of the Lord your God. – Deut. viii.
6. Sound. After the fire, a still small voice. – 1 Kings xix. Canst thou thunder with a voice like him? . – Job xl. The floods have lifted up their voice. – Ps. xciii.
7. Language; tone; mode of expression. I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice. Gal. iv.
8. In grammar, a particular mode of inflecting or conjugating verbs; as, the active voice; the passive voice.

VOICE, v.i.

To clamor; to exclaim. [Obs.] – Bacon.

VOICE, v.t.

1. To rumor; to report. It was voiced that the king purposed to put to death Edward Plantagenet. [Little used.] – Shak.
2. To fit for producing the proper sounds; to regulate the tone of; as, to voice the pipes of an organ. – Ed. Encyc.
3. To vote.

VOIC'ED, pp.

1. Fitted to produce the proper tones.
2. adj. Furnished with a voice. – Denham.

VOICE'LESS, a. [vois'less.]

Having no voice or vote. – Coke.

VOIC'ING, n.

The act of giving to an organ pipe its proper quality of tone.

VOIC'ING, ppr.

Fitting the pipe of an organ to conform to its proper quality of tone.

VOID, a. [Fr. vuide; It. voto; L. viduus; Sw. öde; G. and Dan. öde, waste, which seems to be the Eng. wide; so waste and vast are from one root. It coincides with Gr. ιδιος, and the root of L. dividο, Ar. بَدَّ badda, to separate. Class Bd, No. 1. See also No. 48.]

1. Empty; vacant; not occupied with any visible matter; as, a void 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 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. xi.
6. Unsupplied; vacant; unoccupied; having no incumbent. Divers offices that had been long void. – Camden.
7. Unsubstantial; vain. Lifeless idol, void and vain. – Pope. Void space, in physics, a vacuum. To make void, to violate; to transgress. They have made void thy law. – Ps. cxix. #2. To render useless or of no effect. – Rom. iv.

VOID, n.

An empty space; a vacuum. Pride, where wit falls, steps in to our defense, / And fills up all the mighty void of sense. – Pope. Th' illimitable void. – Thomson.

VOID, v.i.

To be emitted or evacuated. – Wiseman.

VOID, v.t.

1. To quit; to leave. Bid them come down, / Or void the field. – Shak.
2. To emit; to send out; to evacuate; as, to void excrementitious matter; to void worms.
3. To vacate; to annul; to nullify; to render of no validity or effect. It had become a practice … to void the security given for money borrowed. – Clarendon.
4. To make or leave vacant.

VOID'A-BLE, a.

1. That may be annulled or made void, or that may be adjudged void, invalid, or of no force. Such administration is not void, but voidable by sentence. – Ayliffe.
2. That may be evacuated.

VOID'ANCE, n.

1. The act of emptying.
2. The act of ejecting from a benefice; ejection.
3. Vacancy; want of an incumbent. – Cyc.
4. Evasion; subterfuge. – Bacon.