invalid

invalid is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 5 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.(Law) Having no force, effect, or efficacy; void; null; as, an invalid contract or agreement.
  2. 2.A person who is weak and infirm; one who is disabled for active service; especially, one in chronic ill health.
  3. 3.Not well; feeble; infirm; sickly; as, he had an invalid daughter.
  4. 4.To make or render invalid or infirm. "Invalided, bent, and almost blind." Dickens.
  5. 5.To classify or enroll as an invalid. Peace coming, he was invalided on half pay. Carlyle.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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