Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
adjective
- not possessing, untouched by, void, or destitute (usually followed by of).
verb (used with object)
- to deplete or strip of some quality or substance: imprisonment that devoids a person of humanity.
adjective
- (postpositive foll by of) destitute or void (of); free (from)
c.1400, shortening of devoided, past participle of obsolete verb devoiden “to remove, void, vacate” (c.1300), from Old French desvuidier (12c., Modern French dévider) “to empty out, flush game from, unwind, let loose (an arrow),” from des- “out, away” + voider “to empty,” from voide “empty” (see void (adj.)).