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<hw>In*val"i*date</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Invalidated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Invalidating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[From <er>Invalid</er> null.]</ety> <def>To render invalid; to weaken or lessen the force of; to destroy the authority of; to render of no force or effect; to overthrow; <as>as, to <ex>invali</ex>date an agreement or argument</as>.</def>

<h1>Invalidation</h1> <Xpage=784>

<hw>In*val`i*da"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of inavlidating, or the state of being invalidated.</def>

<blockquote>So many <b>invalidations</b> of their right. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Invalide</h1> <Xpage=784>

<hw>In`va*lide"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>See <er>Invalid</er>, <tt>n.</tt></def>

<h1>Invalidism</h1> <Xpage=784>

<hw>In"va*lid*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The condition of an invalid; sickness; infirmity.</def>

<h1>Invalidity</h1> <Xpage=784>

<hw>In`va*lid"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>invalidit\'82</ets>, LL. <ets>invaliditas</ets> want of health.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Want of validity or cogency; want of legal force or efficacy; invalidness; <as>as, the <ex>invalidity</ex> of an agreement or of a will</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Want of health; infirmity.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir W. Temple.</i>

<h1>Invalidness</h1> <Xpage=784>

<hw>In*val"id*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Invalidity; <as>as, the <ex>invalidness</ex> of reasoning</as>.</def>

<h1>Invalorous</h1> <Xpage=784>

<hw>In*val"or*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Not valorous; cowardly.</def>

<h1>Invaluable</h1> <Xpage=784>

<hw>In*val"u*a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Valuable beyond estimation; inestimable; priceless; precious.</def>

<h1>Invaluably</h1> <Xpage=784>

<hw>In*val"u*a*bly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Inestimably.</def>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<h1>Invalued</h1> <Xpage=784>

<hw>In*val"ued</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Inestimable.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Drayton.</i>

<h1>Invariability</h1> <Xpage=784>

<hw>In*va`ri*a*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>invariabilit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>The quality of being invariable; invariableness; constancy; uniformity.</def>

<h1>Invariable</h1> <Xpage=784>

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