Voided

Voided
Void Void, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Voided}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Voiding}.] [OF. voidier, vuidier. See {Void}, a.] 1. To remove the contents of; to make or leave vacant or empty; to quit; to leave; as, to void a table. [1913 Webster]

Void anon her place. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

If they will fight with us, bid them come down, Or void the field. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

2. To throw or send out; to evacuate; to emit; to discharge; as, to void excrements. [1913 Webster]

A watchful application of mind in voiding prejudices. --Barrow. [1913 Webster]

With shovel, like a fury, voided out The earth and scattered bones. --J. Webster. [1913 Webster]

3. To render void; to make to be of no validity or effect; to vacate; to annul; to nullify. [1913 Webster]

After they had voided the obligation of the oath he had taken. --Bp. Burnet. [1913 Webster]

It was become a practice . . . to void the security that was at any time given for money so borrowed. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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