Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - 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.  a. not occupied ; vacant a ~ bishopric  b. not inhabited ; deserted  2. containing nothing ~ space  3. idle, leisure  4.  a. being without something specified ; de~ a nature ~ of all malice  b. having no members or examples; specifically of a suit having no cards represented in a particular hand  5. vain, useless  6.  a. of no legal force or effect ; null a ~ contract  b. ~able  Synonyms: see empty  • ~ness noun  II. noun  Date: 1616  1.  a. opening, gap  b. empty space ; emptiness, vacuum  2. the quality or state of being without something ; lack, absence  3. a feeling of want or hollowness  4. 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 Ile-de-France vuider) Vulgar Latin *vocitare, from *vocitus  Date: 14th century  transitive verb  1.  a. to make empty or vacant ; clear  b. archaic vacate, leave  2. discharge, emit ~ urine  3. nullify, annul ~ a contract  intransitive verb to eliminate solid or liquid waste from the body  • ~er noun