invalid
invalid is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 5 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(Law) Having no force, effect, or efficacy; void; null; as, an invalid contract or agreement.
- 2.A person who is weak and infirm; one who is disabled for active service; especially, one in chronic ill health.
- 3.Not well; feeble; infirm; sickly; as, he had an invalid daughter.
- 4.To make or render invalid or infirm. "Invalided, bent, and almost blind." Dickens.
- 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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- What is having no force, effect, or efficacy; void; null; as, an invalid contract or agreement called?
- What is a person who is weak and infirm; one who is disabled for active service; especially, one in chronic ill health called?
- What is not well; feeble; infirm; sickly; as, he had an invalid daughter called?
- What is to make or render invalid or infirm. "Invalided, bent, and almost blind." Dickens called?
- What is to classify or enroll as an invalid. Peace coming, he was invalided on half pay. Carlyle called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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