invalidate (verb)

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• invalidate — Ⅰ. invalid [1] ► NOUN ▪ a person made weak or disabled by illness or injury. ► VERB (invalided, invaliding) (usu. be invalided) ▪ remove from active service in the armed forces because of injury or illness. DERIVATIVES …   English terms dictionary

• invalidate — in‧val‧i‧date [ɪnˈvældeɪt] verb [transitive] LAW to make a contract, agreement, document etc invalid: • Failure to follow the instructions correctly could invalidate the guarantee. • The Judge s ruling invalidated the company s patent.… …   Financial and business terms

• invalidate — in·val·i·date /in va lə ˌdāt/ vt: to make or declare invalid the high court invalidating the statute in·val·i·da·tion /in ˌva lə dā shən/ n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

• invalidate — verb To make invalid. Esp. applied to contract law. The circuit court judges ruling was invalidated by a superior judge …   Wiktionary

• invalidate — verb (T) 1 to show that something such as a belief or explanation is wrong: The theory was invalidated by later findings. 2 to make a document, ticket, claim etc no longer legally or officially acceptable …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• invalidate — verb 1) the court invalidated the statute Syn: render invalid, void, nullify, annul, negate, cancel, disallow, overturn, overrule; informal nix See note at void 2) this case invalidates the general argument …   Thesaurus of popular words

• invalidate — [[t]ɪnvæ̱lɪdeɪt[/t]] invalidates, invalidating, invalidated 1) VERB To invalidate something such as an argument, conclusion, or result means to prove that it is wrong or cause it to be wrong. [V n] Any form of physical activity will invalidate… …   English dictionary

• invalidate — UK [ɪnˈvælɪdeɪt] / US [ɪnˈvælɪˌdeɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms invalidate : present tense I/you/we/they invalidate he/she/it invalidates present participle invalidating past tense invalidated past participle invalidated formal 1) to make… …   English dictionary

• invalidate — in|val|i|date [ ın vælı,deıt ] verb transitive FORMAL 1. ) to make something such as a document, contract, or process no longer legally effective: Failure to report any changes in your situation may invalidate your insurance policy. 2. ) to prove …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• invalidate — transitive verb Date: 1649 to make invalid; especially to weaken or destroy the cogency of Synonyms: see nullify • invalidation noun • invalidator noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• invalidate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. nullify, cancel, annul, void. See nullification. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. annul, refute, nullify; see cancel 2 , revoke . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. void, nullify, annul, cancel, repeal,… …   English dictionary for students