Peace coming, he was invalided on half pay.
Carlyle.
In*val"i*date (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Invalidated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Invalidating.] [From Invalid null.] To render invalid; to weaken or
lessen the force of; to destroy the authority of; to render of no force
or effect; to overthrow; as, to invalidate an agreement or argument.
In*val`i*da"tion (?), n. The act of inavlidating, or the state of being
invalidated.
So many invalidations of their right.
Burke.
||In`va*lide" (?), n. [F.] See Invalid, n.
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In"va*lid*ism (?), n. The condition of an invalid; sickness; infirmity.
In`va*lid"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. invalidité, LL. invaliditas want of
health.]
1. Want of validity or cogency; want of legal force or efficacy;
invalidness; as, the invalidity of an agreement or of a will.