Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IN-VAL'ID-ATE
IN-VAL'ID-ATE, v.t. [from invalid; Fr. invalider.]
- To weaken or lessen the force of; more generally, to destroy the strength or validity of; to render of no force or effect; as, to invalidate an agreement or a contract.
- To overthrow; to prove to be of no force; as to invalidate an argument.
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