invalidate

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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First attested in 1649; borrowed from Middle French invalider, from invalide + -er. By surface analysis, in- + validate or invalid + -ate.

I confess, I cannot invalidate your arguments. — Eloisa : $b or, A series of original letters, Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Note.--That a want of agreement between words does not invalidate deeds. — The Comic English Grammar: A New And Facetious Introduction To The English Tongue, Percival Leigh
The fables that have grown around the memory of the hero do not invalidate the pedigree. — Shakespeare's family, C. C. (Charlotte Carmichael) Stopes

annul, quash, void, avoid, nullify

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