validadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈvalɪd/, U.S.

/ˈvæləd/

Forms: Also 1500s–1600s valide, 1700s valed.

Etymology: < French valide (Old French valide, Spanish valido, Italian valido, Portuguese valido) or Latin validus strong, powerful, effective, < valēre to be strong, etc.

a. Good or adequate in law; possessing legal authority or force; legally binding or efficacious.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > rule of law > [adjective] > legally valid

authentica1387

vailable1433

available1451

mightyc1460

stronga1475

very1475

authentical?1531

valid1571

validate1586

forcible1587

validous1603

1571 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. II. 95 Seing his said tak is valide and sufficient in the self.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. xv. 72 The nature of Justice, consisteth in keeping of valid Covenants.

a1688 R. Cudworth Treat. Eternal & Immutable Morality (1731) i. i. 2 Whatsoever is decreed and constituted, that for the time is Valid, being made so by Arts and Laws.

1726 in Minutes of Evid. Nairne Peerage (1873) 36 in Sessional Papers House of Lords (H.L. A) XII. 65 Declareing if I do not exerce these faculties in my own time these presents shall remain a valed evident albeit not delivered by me.

1769 W. Robertson Hist. Charles V III. ix. 145 This strange tribunal founded its charge upon the ban of the Empire which..destitute of every legal formality which could render it valid.

1786 E. Burke Articles of Charge against W. Hastings in Wks. (1842) II. 90 A claim, which they determined not to comply with but in return for the surrender of another equally valid.

1848 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 III. vi. 257 Those, who held rent-free lands by titles that might be declared valid.

1878 W. S. Jevons Polit. Econ. 128 According to law, deeds, leases, cheques, receipts, contracts, and many other documents are not legally valid unless they be stamped.

b. Christian Church. Technically perfect or efficacious.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > sacrament > order > ordination > [adjective] > of ordination: technically perfect

valid1674

1674 J. Owen Disc. Holy Spirit (1693) 235 So as that the Call to Office should yet be valid.

c1680 W. Beveridge Serm. (1729) I. 28 Not but that the ordination is valid.

1876 E. Mellor Priesthood viii. 361 No ordination is valid unless there be in the recipient of orders what is termed in the Church of Rome an habitual, or, at least, a virtual intention.

a. Of arguments, proofs, assertions, etc.: Well founded and fully applicable to the particular matter or circumstances; sound and to the point; against which no objection can fairly be brought.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > [adjective] > of argument: valid, constructive

cataskeuastic1645

valida1648

well-natured?1649

tenable1711

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > argument, source of conviction > [adjective] > strong, valid, convincing

justa1413

pregnanta1425

well-disposedc1449

pregnablea1500

legitime1532

concludent1571

potent1609

solid1615

concluding1620

valida1648

valuable1647

conclusive1649

cogent1659

legitimate1774

well-taken1789

a1648 Ld. Herbert Life (1976) 98 The wholle face of Affaires was presently Changed In soe much that neither my reason nor the Ambassedors..(how valid soever) could prevayle.

1692 R. Bentley Confut. Atheism from Struct. & Origin Humane Bodies: Pt. II 10 He may admit of those Arguments as valid and conclusive.

1718 M. Prior Alma i, in Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 338 For when One's Proofs are aptly chosen; Four are as valid as four Dozen.

1766 Pitt in Almon Anecd. (1810) I. xxix. 432 The excuse is a valid one, if it is a just one.

1803 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1835) II. 164 Reasons which I thought valid but which I do not think it necessary to communicate to him.

1859 J. S. Mill On Liberty ii. 36 An objection which applies to all conduct, can be no valid objection to any conduct in particular.

1881 B. F. Westcott & F. J. A. Hort New Test. in Orig. Greek II. Introd. ii. 37 A generalisation obtained from one book would be fairly valid for all the rest.

b. In general use: Effective, effectual; sound.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > advantage > efficacy > [adjective]

frameeOE

goodeOE

mightyOE

vailanta1325

sicker1338

mightful1340

suffisant1340

virtuousa1387

effectivea1398

effectuala1398

worthya1398

availingc1420

effectuous?a1425

operant?a1425

substantialc1449

virtual?a1475

substantious1483

available1502

efficacious1528

energial1528

working1532

operatory1551

operatoriousa1555

stately1567

feckful1568

efficace?1572

shifty1585

operative1590

instrumental1601

efficable1607

speeding1612

effectuating1615

officious1618

availsome1619

prevailable1624

valid1651

perficient1659

affectuous1664

implemental1676

virtual1760

efficient1787

sufficient1831

slick1833

roadworthy1837

practician1863

positive1903

performant1977

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > foundation in fact, validity > [adjective]

goodOE

substantial1419

soundc1440

allowablec1443

stronga1475

stable1481

infallible1526

sore1530

sincere1536

acknowledged1548

of…validity1581

firm1600

acknowledgeable1630

valiant1632

infallid1635

valid1651

copper-bottomed1890

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > [adjective] > of knowledge: well-founded, deep

deepc1175

profound?c1422

soundc1440

recondite1644

solid1668

valid1851

1651 T. Hobbes Philos. Rudim. ii. §7. 23 If yet to words relating to the future, there shall some other signes be added, they may become as valid, as if they had been spoken of the present.

1774 T. Reid Aristotle's Logic ii. §2. 183 This same et cætera..shall in any future time shew a good and valid right to a property in the subject.

1824 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XVI xxxv. 78 The effort was not valid To hinder him from growing still more pallid.

1851 H. L. Mansel Prolegomena Logica i. 22 The only valid method of investigating the relation between thought and speech.

1875 ‘G. Eliot’ in J. W. Cross George Eliot's Life III. 253 I should urge you to consider your early religious experience as a portion of valid knowledge.

a. Of things: Strong, powerful. Now archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > advantage > efficacy > [adjective] > greatly

mightyeOE

strongeOE

virtuous1340

rich?c1450

prevalent?a1475

energical1565

powerful?1567

powerable1580

magnipotent1599

virulent1599

validous1603

Herculanean1604

multipotent1609

energetical1610

prevailent1623

energetic1642

valid1656

energic1663

drastic1808

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Valid, strong, mighty, puissant, able.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 438 Perhaps more valid Armes, Weapons more violent, when next we meet, May serve to better us.

1807 G. Crabbe Birth Flattery in Poems 196 So on a Dream our Peasant plac'd his Hope, And found that Rush, as valid as a Rope.

1887 R. Browning Parleyings in Wks. (1896) II. 692/2 What beseems a king who cannot reign, But to drop sceptre valid arm should wield?

1891 Cornhill Mag. Nov. 493 In addition to the strong jaws..there are three exceedingly valid hooks.

†b. Of malt liquor: Unduly thick. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > ale or beer > [adjective] > thick

stout1698

valid1742

1742 London & Co. Brewer (ed. 4) i. 38 They also keep it from running into such Cohesions as would make it ropy, valid, and sour.

a. Of persons: Sound or robust in body; possessed of health and strength. Also said of health.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > [adjective] > of health: good > healthy

wholeeOE

isoundOE

i-sundfulc1000

ferec1175

soundc1175

fish-wholea1225

forthlyc1230

steadfasta1300

wella1300

safec1300

tidya1325

halec1330

quartc1330

well-faringc1330

well-tempered1340

well-disposeda1398

wealyc1400

furnished1473

mighty?a1475

quartful?c1475

good1527

wholesomea1533

crank1548

healthful1550

healthy1552

hearty1552

healthsome1563

well-affected?1563

disposed1575

as sound as a bell1576

firm1577

well-conditioned1580

sound1605

unvaletudinary1650

all right1652

valid1652

as sound as a (alsoany) roach1655

fair-like1663

hoddy1664

wanton1674

stout?1697

trig1704

well-hained1722

sprack1747

caller1754

sane1755

finely1763

bobbish1780

cleverly1784

right1787

smart1788

fine1791

eucratic1795

nobbling1825

as right as a trivet1835

first rate1841

in fine, good, high, etc., feather1844

gay1855

sprackish1882

game ball1905

abled1946

well-toned1952

a hundred per cent1960

oke1960

1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 139 The more valetudinary, have commonly been the more vertuous: and the more valid, the more vitious.

1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) V. 232 Thanks to Jove's Benignity you're valid.

1766 R. Griffith & E. Griffith Lett. Henry & Frances IV. 137 I much fear his excessive Grief may injure his Health, which is not very valid, at present.

1879 G. A. Sala in Daily Tel. 12 June When he was a valid man he may have had many a boxing bout with Shaw the Life Guardsman.

1899 Daily News 1 Dec. 7/1 The Boers have evidently put every valid male into the field.

b. Of the mind: Sane, strong. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > mental health > [adjective] > of the mind

rightOE

wholeOE

good1404

sound1531

static1652

spacked1673

unobscured1748

valid1854

1854 R. W. Emerson Poetry & Imag. in Wks. (1906) III. 139 The restraining grace of common-sense is the mark of all the valid minds.

5. As n. A person in good health. Opposed to invalid n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > [noun] > good health > person

wholeOE

well1659

able-bodied1717

valid1882

normal1894

well-woman1941

normotensive1953

abled1960

1882 Pall Mall Gaz. 20 Sept. 5 Kuristen and valids may alike thank Dr. Yeo for a series of highly interesting and instructive Essays.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	valid
释义	validadj.n. Brit. /ˈvalɪd/, U.S. /ˈvæləd/ Forms: Also 1500s–1600s valide, 1700s valed. Etymology: < French valide (Old French valide, Spanish valido, Italian valido, Portuguese valido) or Latin validus strong, powerful, effective, < valēre to be strong, etc. 1. a. Good or adequate in law; possessing legal authority or force; legally binding or efficacious. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > [adjective] > legally valid authentica1387 vailable1433 available1451 mightyc1460 stronga1475 very1475 authentical?1531 valid1571 validate1586 forcible1587 validous1603 1571 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. II. 95 Seing his said tak is valide and sufficient in the self. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. xv. 72 The nature of Justice, consisteth in keeping of valid Covenants. a1688 R. Cudworth Treat. Eternal & Immutable Morality (1731) i. i. 2 Whatsoever is decreed and constituted, that for the time is Valid, being made so by Arts and Laws. 1726 in Minutes of Evid. Nairne Peerage (1873) 36 in Sessional Papers House of Lords (H.L. A) XII. 65 Declareing if I do not exerce these faculties in my own time these presents shall remain a valed evident albeit not delivered by me. 1769 W. Robertson Hist. Charles V III. ix. 145 This strange tribunal founded its charge upon the ban of the Empire which..destitute of every legal formality which could render it valid. 1786 E. Burke Articles of Charge against W. Hastings in Wks. (1842) II. 90 A claim, which they determined not to comply with but in return for the surrender of another equally valid. 1848 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 III. vi. 257 Those, who held rent-free lands by titles that might be declared valid. 1878 W. S. Jevons Polit. Econ. 128 According to law, deeds, leases, cheques, receipts, contracts, and many other documents are not legally valid unless they be stamped. b. Christian Church. Technically perfect or efficacious. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > order > ordination > [adjective] > of ordination: technically perfect valid1674 1674 J. Owen Disc. Holy Spirit (1693) 235 So as that the Call to Office should yet be valid. c1680 W. Beveridge Serm. (1729) I. 28 Not but that the ordination is valid. 1876 E. Mellor Priesthood viii. 361 No ordination is valid unless there be in the recipient of orders what is termed in the Church of Rome an habitual, or, at least, a virtual intention. 2. a. Of arguments, proofs, assertions, etc.: Well founded and fully applicable to the particular matter or circumstances; sound and to the point; against which no objection can fairly be brought. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > [adjective] > of argument: valid, constructive cataskeuastic1645 valida1648 well-natured?1649 tenable1711 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > argument, source of conviction > [adjective] > strong, valid, convincing justa1413 pregnanta1425 well-disposedc1449 pregnablea1500 legitime1532 concludent1571 potent1609 solid1615 concluding1620 valida1648 valuable1647 conclusive1649 cogent1659 legitimate1774 well-taken1789 a1648 Ld. Herbert Life (1976) 98 The wholle face of Affaires was presently Changed In soe much that neither my reason nor the Ambassedors..(how valid soever) could prevayle. 1692 R. Bentley Confut. Atheism from Struct. & Origin Humane Bodies: Pt. II 10 He may admit of those Arguments as valid and conclusive. 1718 M. Prior Alma i, in Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 338 For when One's Proofs are aptly chosen; Four are as valid as four Dozen. 1766 Pitt in Almon Anecd. (1810) I. xxix. 432 The excuse is a valid one, if it is a just one. 1803 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1835) II. 164 Reasons which I thought valid but which I do not think it necessary to communicate to him. 1859 J. S. Mill On Liberty ii. 36 An objection which applies to all conduct, can be no valid objection to any conduct in particular. 1881 B. F. Westcott & F. J. A. Hort New Test. in Orig. Greek II. Introd. ii. 37 A generalisation obtained from one book would be fairly valid for all the rest. b. In general use: Effective, effectual; sound. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > efficacy > [adjective] frameeOE goodeOE mightyOE vailanta1325 sicker1338 mightful1340 suffisant1340 virtuousa1387 effectivea1398 effectuala1398 worthya1398 availingc1420 effectuous?a1425 operant?a1425 substantialc1449 virtual?a1475 substantious1483 available1502 efficacious1528 energial1528 working1532 operatory1551 operatoriousa1555 stately1567 feckful1568 efficace?1572 shifty1585 operative1590 instrumental1601 efficable1607 speeding1612 effectuating1615 officious1618 availsome1619 prevailable1624 valid1651 perficient1659 affectuous1664 implemental1676 virtual1760 efficient1787 sufficient1831 slick1833 roadworthy1837 practician1863 positive1903 performant1977 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > foundation in fact, validity > [adjective] goodOE substantial1419 soundc1440 allowablec1443 stronga1475 stable1481 infallible1526 sore1530 sincere1536 acknowledged1548 of…validity1581 firm1600 acknowledgeable1630 valiant1632 infallid1635 valid1651 copper-bottomed1890 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > [adjective] > of knowledge: well-founded, deep deepc1175 profound?c1422 soundc1440 recondite1644 solid1668 valid1851 1651 T. Hobbes Philos. Rudim. ii. §7. 23 If yet to words relating to the future, there shall some other signes be added, they may become as valid, as if they had been spoken of the present. 1774 T. Reid Aristotle's Logic ii. §2. 183 This same et cætera..shall in any future time shew a good and valid right to a property in the subject. 1824 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XVI xxxv. 78 The effort was not valid To hinder him from growing still more pallid. 1851 H. L. Mansel Prolegomena Logica i. 22 The only valid method of investigating the relation between thought and speech. 1875 ‘G. Eliot’ in J. W. Cross George Eliot's Life III. 253 I should urge you to consider your early religious experience as a portion of valid knowledge. 3. a. Of things: Strong, powerful. Now archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > efficacy > [adjective] > greatly mightyeOE strongeOE virtuous1340 rich?c1450 prevalent?a1475 energical1565 powerful?1567 powerable1580 magnipotent1599 virulent1599 validous1603 Herculanean1604 multipotent1609 energetical1610 prevailent1623 energetic1642 valid1656 energic1663 drastic1808 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Valid, strong, mighty, puissant, able. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 438 Perhaps more valid Armes, Weapons more violent, when next we meet, May serve to better us. View more context for this quotation 1807 G. Crabbe Birth Flattery in Poems 196 So on a Dream our Peasant plac'd his Hope, And found that Rush, as valid as a Rope. 1887 R. Browning Parleyings in Wks. (1896) II. 692/2 What beseems a king who cannot reign, But to drop sceptre valid arm should wield? 1891 Cornhill Mag. Nov. 493 In addition to the strong jaws..there are three exceedingly valid hooks. †b. Of malt liquor: Unduly thick. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > ale or beer > [adjective] > thick stout1698 valid1742 1742 London & Co. Brewer (ed. 4) i. 38 They also keep it from running into such Cohesions as would make it ropy, valid, and sour. 4. a. Of persons: Sound or robust in body; possessed of health and strength. Also said of health. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > [adjective] > of health: good > healthy wholeeOE isoundOE i-sundfulc1000 ferec1175 soundc1175 fish-wholea1225 forthlyc1230 steadfasta1300 wella1300 safec1300 tidya1325 halec1330 quartc1330 well-faringc1330 well-tempered1340 well-disposeda1398 wealyc1400 furnished1473 mighty?a1475 quartful?c1475 good1527 wholesomea1533 crank1548 healthful1550 healthy1552 hearty1552 healthsome1563 well-affected?1563 disposed1575 as sound as a bell1576 firm1577 well-conditioned1580 sound1605 unvaletudinary1650 all right1652 valid1652 as sound as a (alsoany) roach1655 fair-like1663 hoddy1664 wanton1674 stout?1697 trig1704 well-hained1722 sprack1747 caller1754 sane1755 finely1763 bobbish1780 cleverly1784 right1787 smart1788 fine1791 eucratic1795 nobbling1825 as right as a trivet1835 first rate1841 in fine, good, high, etc., feather1844 gay1855 sprackish1882 game ball1905 abled1946 well-toned1952 a hundred per cent1960 oke1960 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 139 The more valetudinary, have commonly been the more vertuous: and the more valid, the more vitious. 1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) V. 232 Thanks to Jove's Benignity you're valid. 1766 R. Griffith & E. Griffith Lett. Henry & Frances IV. 137 I much fear his excessive Grief may injure his Health, which is not very valid, at present. 1879 G. A. Sala in Daily Tel. 12 June When he was a valid man he may have had many a boxing bout with Shaw the Life Guardsman. 1899 Daily News 1 Dec. 7/1 The Boers have evidently put every valid male into the field. b. Of the mind: Sane, strong. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > [adjective] > of the mind rightOE wholeOE good1404 sound1531 static1652 spacked1673 unobscured1748 valid1854 1854 R. W. Emerson Poetry & Imag. in Wks. (1906) III. 139 The restraining grace of common-sense is the mark of all the valid minds. 5. As n. A person in good health. Opposed to invalid n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > [noun] > good health > person wholeOE well1659 able-bodied1717 valid1882 normal1894 well-woman1941 normotensive1953 abled1960 1882 Pall Mall Gaz. 20 Sept. 5 Kuristen and valids may alike thank Dr. Yeo for a series of highly interesting and instructive Essays. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1571
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