devoid

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Completely without; having none of.

   I went searching for a knife, but the kitchen was devoid of anything sharper than a spoon.

2. 2
   verb

   To empty out; to remove.

   The child will devoid the garbage after he devours his sandwich.

From obsolete Middle English verb devoiden, from Old French desvuidier (“to empty out”) (compare French dévider).

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