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invalidate, v.|ɪnˈvælɪdeɪt|
Also 7 -vallidate.
[f. L. type *invalidāre, perh. after F. invalider (R. Estienne, 1549): see -ate3 7.]
trans. To render invalid; to destroy the validity or strength of (an argument, contract, etc.); to render of no force or effect; esp. to deprive of legal efficacy; to make null and void.
1649Sir E. Nicholas in N. Papers (Camden) 143 Concessions..which they can insist on without evident invallidating y⊇ Regall power. 1651G. W. tr. Cowel's Inst. 182 The omission..doth not invalidate the Obligation. 1674tr. Scheffer's Lapland vi. 17 This doth not at all invalidate our arguments. 1759Franklin Ess. Wks. 1840 III. 486 We found the governor had enacted a law there, invalidating the acts of the other colonies. 1801Med. Jrnl. V. 169 To invalidate the evidence of Jane Waters, he calls her a poor ignorant creature. 1866Crump Banking v. 107 Any alteration made with the consent of an acceptor does not invalidate the instrument.
Hence inˈvalidated ppl. a.; inˈvalidating vbl. n. and ppl. a.
a1716South Twelve Serm. (1717) V. 195 It is again alledged for the invalidating of the Report made by the Disciples. |