"invalidate" meaning in English

See invalidate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ɪnˈvæl.ɪ.deɪt/ [UK], /ɪnˈvæl.əˌdeɪt/ [US], /ɪnˈvæl.ə.dæɪt/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-invalidate.wav [US] Forms: invalidates [present, singular, third-person], invalidating [participle, present], invalidated [participle, past], invalidated [past]
Etymology: in- + Latin valere (“to be strong”) Etymology templates: {{af|en|in-|valere|lang2=la|t2=to be strong}} in- + Latin valere (“to be strong”), {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂welh₁-|id=rule}} Head templates: {{en-verb}} invalidate (third-person singular simple present invalidates, present participle invalidating, simple past and past participle invalidated)
  1. To make invalid. Especially applied to contract law. Translations (to make invalid): ἀθετέω (athetéō) (Ancient Greek), обезсилвам (obezsilvam) (Bulgarian), анулирам (anuliram) (Bulgarian), invalidar (Catalan), ontkrachten (Dutch), mitätöidä (Finnish), invalider (French), entkräften (German), érvénytelenít (Hungarian), hatálytalanít (Hungarian), desvalidigar (Ido), invalidō (Latin), whakanoa (Maori), whakamanakore (Maori), بوزمق (bozmak) (Ottoman Turkish), invalidar (Spanish), ogiltigförklara (Swedish), geçersizleştirmek (Turkish), hükümsüz kılmak (Turkish), скасува́ти (skasuváty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-invalidate-en-verb-C-E44Xa9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with in- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 32 11 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with in-: 39 29 32 Disambiguation of 'to make invalid': 58 9 33
  2. To make or declare (an argument, statement, or theory) unsound or erroneous; disprove.
    Sense id: en-invalidate-en-verb-9L9vtewB Categories (other): English terms prefixed with in- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with in-: 39 29 32
  3. To render invalid; discredit.
    Sense id: en-invalidate-en-verb-eO4-GmcW Categories (other): English terms prefixed with in- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with in-: 39 29 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: disprove, vitiate

Inflected forms

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