Hypertext Webster Gateway: "invalid"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Invalid \In*val"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"va*lid\, 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"va*lid\, v. t.
1. To make or render invalid or infirm. ``Invalided, bent,
and almost blind.'' --Dickens.
2. To classify or enroll as an invalid.
Peace coming, he was invalided on half pay.
--Carlyle.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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2: no longer valid; "the license is invalid"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 : someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injury
[syn: {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}, {incapacitate}, {handicap}]
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