invalidate
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]First attested in 1649; borrowed from Middle French invalider, from invalide + -er. By surface analysis, in- + validate or invalid + -ate.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]invalidate (third-person singular simple present invalidates, present participle invalidating, simple past and past participle invalidated)
- To make invalid (especially in to contract law)
- Synonyms: extinguish, nullify
- The circuit court judge's ruling was invalidated by a superior judge.
- To make or declare (an argument, statement, or theory) unsound or erroneous; disprove.
- 1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 181:
- The multiplicity of moral opinions is an empirical fact and does not invalidate the contention that there is only one morality par excellence.
- To render invalid; discredit.
- Telling an angry person to "calm down" can invalidate their feelings.
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[edit]Translations
[edit]to make invalid
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Italian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Verb
[edit]invalidate
- inflection of invalidare:
Etymology 2
[edit]Participle
[edit]invalidate f pl
Spanish
[edit]Verb
[edit]invalidate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of invalidar combined with te
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