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VALID. 24 VALIDNESS.
that they remaj*ned conquerors in the fietde. 1540 Morysine
Vives' Introd. Uysd. B v, Sirengthe and valiantnesse is» to
suffiseand accomplyshe the exercises of vertu without werj-nes.
1560 Daus tr. SUidane^s Comm. 25 Which honor [Le.
knighthood] in times past.. was the rewardeofvaleauntnes.
1603 Rnolles Hist. Turks (1621) 343 Mahomet seeing this
valiantnesse of the defendants, openly said [etc.]. 167a
Baxter Bagskaw's Scandals 1. 6 They call out for Valiantncss
in suffering. 17*7 P. Walker Life o/R. Cameron in
Biogr. Prtshyt. (1827) I. 237 The Valiantness of the Fourscore
Priests, that withstood Uzziah.
fi. 150S Dunbar Poems vii. 93 B, in thi name, hetaknis
batahus ; . . W, \-alyeantnes ; S, for strenewite. 1549 Compl.
Scotl. Ep. 6 The toune ofsauerne baris vytnes of his delegent
vail^eantnes. a 1560 Rolland CrU Venus iv. 577 Sine
Cheualrie come in with vail^eantnes.
b. Const, ^(courage, heart, mind, etc.).
XS34 Whitinton TuUyes Offices i. (1540) 7 By ryght and
lawe, whereof forse & ^•aIyauntnesse of herte doth ryse,
1539 Tavkrner Gard, Wysd. i. 4 b, It greued moch this
excellent PrjTice, that so stronge an herte and valyauntnesse
of nature was spent in a matter of leudenesse. 1579
Twvnk Phis. agst. Fortune i. xv. 16 The mightinesse of the
Ciiie and Empire, and the valiantnesse of the peoples
myndes. 1603 Knolles Hist. Turks (1621) 400 Much inferi<
our to this great king in wealth and number of men, but not
in hautinesse ofmind and valiantnesse ofcourage. 1736 AinswoRTH,
MagnattimitaSf valiantness of heart and courage.
2. Physical strength ; robustness, sturdiness,
stalwartness ^(body). rare,
JSS3 T. Wilson Rktt. 104 In the Iliades are described
strengthe and valeantenes of the body. 1506 Dalrymplk
U. Leslie*s Hist, Scot. I. 311 Bartholomew Leslie, .. quhais
..ablenes of mynd, ^-al^eantnes of body and fercenes oi
force, king Malcolme meruelet sa mekle.
Valicot, obs. form of walycoat Wyliecoat.
Valid (vae'lid), a, (and 5b.\ Also 6-7 valide,
8 valed. [ad. F. valide {OV,valide^ Sp., It., Pg.
valido) or L. valid-us strong, powerftil, effective,
f. valere to be strong, etc.]
L Good or adequate in law; possessing legal
authority or force ; legally binding or efficacious.
1571 Reg. Priv^ Council Scot. II. 95 Seing his said tak is
valide and sufficient in the self. 1651 Hobbes Leviath. i.
XV, 72 The nature of Justice, consisteth in keeping of valid
Covenants, a x688 Cudworth Immut. Mor. (1731) 2 Whatsoever
is decreed and constituted, that for the time is Valid,
being made so by Arts and Laws. X7«6 in Naime Peerage
Evidence (1874) 36 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 Robertson
Ckas. Vy IX. Wks. 1851 IV. 315 This strange tribunal founded
its charge upon the ban of the empire, which . .was . .destitute
of every legal formality which could render it valid. 1786
Burks Art, agst. IV, Hastings Wks. II. ^ A claim, which
they determined not to comply with but in return for the
surrender of another equally valid. 1844 H. H. Wilson
Brit, India III. 257 Those, who held rent.free lands by
titles that might be declared valid. 1878JEVONS Primer
Pol, Econ, 128 According to law, deeds, leases, cheques,
receipts, contracts, and many other documents are not legally
valid unless they be stamped.
b. Ecd, Technically perfect or efficacious.
X674 J. Owen Holy Spirit (1693) 235 So as that the Call
to Office should yet be valid, c x68o Beveridge Serm.
(1739) I. 28 Not but that the ordination is valid. 1876
Mellor Prtesth, 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. 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.
a 1648 Ld. Herbert ^K^tfi^/V. (1764) 138 The whole face
of Affairs was presently changed, insomuch that neither my
Reasons, nor the Ambassadors.., how valid soever cou'd
prevail 1693 Bentlev Boyle Led. iv. 11^ He may admit
of those Arguments as valid and conclusive. 17x7 Prior
Alma u 416 For when One's Proofs are aptly chosen ; Four
are as valid as four Dozen. X766 Pitt in Almon Anecd,
xxix. (1810) I. 432 The excuse is a valid one, if it is a just
one. X803 Wellington in Gurwood Disp. (1835) II. 164
Reasons which I thought valid but which I do not think it
necessary to communicate to him. 1859 Mill Liberty iL
36 An objection which applies to all conduct, can be no
valid objection to any conduct in particular. i88x Westcott
& Hort Grk. N. T. Introd. § 46 A generalisation obtained
from one book would be fairly valid for all the rest.
b. In general use : Effective, effectual; sound.
xfifix HoBBEsCtfp/.houses, be
counted of greater validitie in all these infirmities. 163X
Lenton Charact, B 10 b, Shee hath lately.. giuen her selfe
out a brace of hundreds more then ere his estate was worth,
besides bis debts and legacies, wheras her validity proportionable
can scarce absolue those. 1788 Franklin A utooiog,
Wks. 1840 1. 189 He had too high an opinion of the validity
of regular troops. X793 Smeaton Edystone L. § 195 The
most certain index of the validity of a limestone for Aquatic
Buildings. 1809 Med. Jrnl. XXI. loi The character and
history of the most celebrated quacks, the ground of their
popular fame, and the validity of their various pretences.
+ 6. //. Valid powers or capacities, Obs.
1586 Day Eng. Secretary 1. (1625) 41 \yhose spirits caried
with greater efficacie of aspiring eternitle then those whose
duller conceits are adapted to more terrene and grosse
validities. 1597 Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. Ixii. §13 Nature as
much as is possible incHneth vnto validities and preseruations.
1607 Nobden Surv, Dial. 11.
J. 67 You may indeede
call these things secrets, because their validities are not
suddainly apprehended or found.
Va'lidleSS, a. or adv, rare-^. [f. Valid a.]
Without strength or force powerless(ly).
;
1866 J. B. Rose tr. Ovid's Met. 346 The shield and helm
were cloven by the steel, Vet on the body validless it fell.
Validly (vae'lidli), adv. [f. as prec. + -ly 2,]
In a valid manner; with legal validity.
1637, Gillespie Eng.-Pop. Cerent, m. viii. 173 One simple
Presbyter, .can not validly give Ordination. x68x Baxter
Answ. Dodweli iv. 45 May a man be validly a Bishop,.,
that believeth not that there is a God ? 1767 Chauncv Lett,
(1768)32 They may be validly commissioned to propagate
the Gospel. 1791 Boswell Johnson I. 137 A Highland
gentleman.. once consulted me if he could not validly purchase
the chieftainship of his family from the chief. X863
H. Cox Instit, I. V. 25 The Court of Exchequer decided
that impositions on exports and imports might be validly
made by proclamation, X883 Weekly Notes 17 Nov. 170/a
He held that the Rule Committee were validly constituted
and their power validly exercised.
Comb. 1848 Soames Latin Church i. 16 note. Nor does the
tale itself necessarily imply transubstantiation.. whenever a
validly-ordained consecrator intended it.
Va'liduess. rare. [-NESS.] Validity,