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English Dictionary: invalid	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for invalid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
invalid adj having no cogency or legal force; "invalid reasoning"; "an invalid driver's license" Antonym(s): valid no longer valid; "the license is invalid" n someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injury Synonym(s): invalid, shut-in v force to retire, remove from active duty, as of firemen injure permanently; "He was disabled in a car accident" Synonym(s): disable, invalid, incapacitate, handicap
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Invalid \Inval"id\, a. [Pref. in- not + valid: cf. F. invalide, L. invalidus infirm, weak. Cf. {Invalid} infirm.] 1. Of no force, weight, or cogency; not valid; weak. 2. (Law) Having no force, effect, or efficacy; void; null; as, an invalid* contract or agreement.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Invalid \In"valid\, a. [See {Invalid}, n.] Not well; feeble; infirm; sickly; as, he had an invalid* daughter.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Invalid \In"valid\, v. t. 1. To make or render invalid* or infirm. [bd]Invalided, bent, and almost blind.[b8] --Dickens. 2. To classify or enroll as an invalid. Peace coming, he was invalided on half pay. --Carlyle.