Invalid

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To make or render invalid or infirm.

II. Invalid ·vt To classify or enroll as an invalid.

III. Invalid ·adj Of no force, weight, or cogency; not valid; weak.

IV. Invalid ·noun Not well; feeble; infirm; sickly; as, he had an invalid daughter.

V. Invalid ·adj Having no force, effect, or efficacy; void; null; as, an invalid contract or agreement.

VI. Invalid ·adj A person who is weak and infirm; one who is disabled for active service; especially, one in chronic ill health.

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