Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having the central area cut out or left vacant, leaving an outline or narrow border.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a void or opening: pierced through; specifically, in heraldry, pierced through so as to show the field.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Emptied; evacuated.
- adjective Annulled; invalidated.
- adjective (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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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
void .
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Examples
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If they had succeeded, then that gain of 18.5 cents would be null and voided from the 45+ cent increase in gas cost.
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Koman Coulibaly: inexplicable call voided U.S. game-winner
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The companies will fight you tooth and nail, saying you've "voided" the warranty.
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On what basis would the uncommitted delegates from Michigan be "voided"?
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I have a sneaking suspicion that many would find that their districts "voided" all write-ins as welll as some doing the same to Ron Paul votes.
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When fees are not paid, the registration is not voided, only the right to drive the car in California is "voided" until the past due fees/penalities are paid current.
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According to Kurz, this ticket was "voided" on the same day it was issued, but was sent to Parliament for payment before being cancelled.
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Act, the names of successful amnesty applicants must first be published in the Government Gazette before criminal proceedings against them are "voided".
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That depends on what you mean, firstly by "voided," and, secondly, by
Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 Leonard Huxley 1896
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Taking their composition and the circumstances of administration to be as you state them, it is my opinion that a small residuum will be left undigested, and will be voided by the intestine, while by far the greater part will be absorbed and eventually "voided" by the lungs, skin, and kidneys.
Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 Leonard Huxley 1896
hernesheir commented on the word voided
A term used in heraldry.
December 16, 2010