To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.
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To render invalid; to weaken or lessen the force of; to destroy the authority of; to render of no force or effect; to overthrow; as, to invalidate an agreement or argument.
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To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.
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To inclose or surround, as with a railing, or with latticework.
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To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…
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To assert the contrary of; to oppose in words; to take issue with; to gainsay; to deny the truth of, as of a statement or a speaker; to impugn.
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A license of reprisals. See Marque.
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To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…
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A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.
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To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…
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Let it stand; -- a word used by proof readers to signify that something once erased, or marked for omission, is to remain.
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The act of annulling; abolition; invalidation.
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The act of annulling; abolition; invalidation.
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The act of inavlidating, or the state of being invalidated.
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The act of inavlidating, or the state of being invalidated.
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To reduce to nothing; to obliterate.
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To empty.
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To inclose or surround, as with a railing, or with latticework.
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To make void; to render invalid; to deprive of legal force or efficacy.
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Same as Squash.
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To make vicious, faulty, or imperfect; to render defective; to injure the substance or qualities of; to impair; to contaminate; to spoil; as, exagger…
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Containing nothing; empty; vacant; not occupied; not filled.
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To confirm; to render valid; to give legal force to.
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To confirm; to render valid; to give legal force to.
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