[syn: disable, invalid, incapacitate, handicap]
ADJECTIVE (2)
1. having no cogency or legal force;
- Example: "invalid reasoning"
- Example: "an invalid driver's license"
2. no longer valid;
- Example: "the license is invalid"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Invalid \In*val"id\, a. [Pref. in- not + valid: cf. F. invalide,
L. invalidus infirm, weak. Cf. Invalid infirm.]
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1. Of no force, weight, or cogency; not valid; weak.
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2. (Law) Having no force, effect, or efficacy; void; null;
as, an invalid contract or agreement.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Invalid \In"va*lid\ (?; 277), n. [F. invalide, n. & a., L.
invalidus, a. See Invalid null.]
A person who is weak and infirm; one who is disabled for
active service; especially, one in chronic ill health who is
unable to care for himself.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Invalid \In"va*lid\, a. [See Invalid, n.]
Not well; feeble; infirm; sickly; as, he had an invalid
daughter.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Invalid \In"va*lid\, v. t.
1. To make or render invalid or infirm. "Invalided, bent, and
almost blind." --Dickens.
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2. To classify or enroll as an invalid.
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Peace coming, he was invalided on half pay.
--Carlyle.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
invalid
adj 1: having no cogency or legal force; "invalid reasoning";
"an invalid driver's license" [ant: valid]
2: no longer valid; "the license is invalid"
n 1: someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injury
[syn: invalid, shut-in]
v 1: force to retire, remove from active duty, as of firemen
2: injure permanently; "He was disabled in a car accident" [syn:
disable, invalid, incapacitate, handicap]