invalidate

English

Etymology

From in- +‎ [[Category:English words prefixed with in-|]] Latin valere (“to be strong”); literally, “to make not strong”.

Verb

invalidate (third-person singular simple present invalidates, present participle invalidating, simple past and past participle invalidated)

1. To make invalid. Esp. applied to contract law.

   The circuit court judge's ruling was invalidated by a superior judge.

Synonyms

• vitiate

Antonyms

• validate

Translations

to make invalid

Catalan: invalidar (ca) Finnish: mitätöidä (fi) French: invalider (fr)

Hungarian: érvénytelenít (hu), hatálytalanít (hu) Swedish: ogiltigförklara (sv)

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Italian

Verb

invalidate

1. second-person plural present indicative of invalidare
2. second-person plural imperative of invalidare
3. Feminine plural of invalidato