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  • 81invalid — {{11}}invalid (adj.1) not strong, infirm, 1640s, from L. invalidus not strong, infirm, weak, feeble, from in not (see IN (Cf. in ) (1)) + validus strong (see VALID (Cf. valid)). Specific meaning infirm from sickness, disease, or injury is from… …

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  • 82invalid — I n 1. sickly person, infirm person, convalescent, shut in, valetudinarian; patient, inpatient, outpatient, case; the sick, the infirm, the handicapped; sufferer, carrier, cripple, incurable, victim; hypochondriac, Pathol. neurasthenic,… …

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  • 83weak — [wēk] adj. [ME waik < ON veikr, akin to OE wac, feeble (which the ON word replaced) < IE * weig , * weik (< base * wei , to bend) > WEEK, WICKER, L vicis, change] 1. a) lacking in strength of body or muscle; not physically strong b)… …

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  • 84THE EVENTS — introduction European Jewry in the Early 1930s Germany in the Early 1930s the expansion of the reich …

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  • 85Hospital — Hos pi*tal, n. [OF. hospital, ospital, F. h[^o]pital, LL. hospitale (or perh. E. hospital is directly from the Late Latin), from L. hospitalis relating to a guest, hospitalia apartments for guests, fr. hospes guest. See {Host} a landlord, and cf …

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  • 86Hospital ship — Hospital Hos pi*tal, n. [OF. hospital, ospital, F. h[^o]pital, LL. hospitale (or perh. E. hospital is directly from the Late Latin), from L. hospitalis relating to a guest, hospitalia apartments for guests, fr. hospes guest. See {Host} a landlord …

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  • 87Hospital Sunday — Hospital Hos pi*tal, n. [OF. hospital, ospital, F. h[^o]pital, LL. hospitale (or perh. E. hospital is directly from the Late Latin), from L. hospitalis relating to a guest, hospitalia apartments for guests, fr. hospes guest. See {Host} a landlord …

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  • 88Infirmaries — Infirmary In*firm a*ry ([i^]n*f[ e]rm [.a]*r[y^]), n.; pl. {Infirmaries} ( r[i^]z). [Cf. OE. fermerie, OF. enfermerie, F. infirmerie, LL. infirmaria. See {Infirm}.] A hospital, or place where the infirm or sick are lodged and nursed gratuitously …

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  • 89Infirmary — In*firm a*ry ([i^]n*f[ e]rm [.a]*r[y^]), n.; pl. {Infirmaries} ( r[i^]z). [Cf. OE. fermerie, OF. enfermerie, F. infirmerie, LL. infirmaria. See {Infirm}.] A hospital, or place where the infirm or sick are lodged and nursed gratuitously, or where… …

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  • 90Infirmities — Infirmity In*firm i*ty, n.; pl. {Infirmities}. [L. infirmitas : cf. F. infirmite. See {Infirm}, a.] 1. The state of being infirm; feebleness; an imperfection or weakness; esp., an unsound, unhealthy, or debilitated state; a disease; a malady; as …

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