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invalided Definition


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invalid1
noun
    1. Someone who is constantly ill or who is disabled.
      Thesaurus: convalescent, valetudinary, patient.
adj
    1. Suitable for or being an invalid.
      Thesaurus: ailing, disabled, bedridden, frail, ill, infirm, sickly, weak.
verb invalided, invaliding
    1a. To discharge (a soldier, etc) from service because of illness;
      Form: invalid someone out (usually)
    1b. To send (a soldier, etc) home because of illness.
      Example: served in Gallipoli before being invalided back home
      Form: invalid someone home (usually)
    2. To affect with disease.
Derivative: invalidity
noun
    Etymology: 17c: from French, from Latin invalidus weak.



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