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 Invalide (French).Invention of the Cross [discovery of the cross]. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Invei’gle (3 syl.).
 
To lead blindfold; to entice by misrepresentation. (Norman French, enveogler; French, aveugler; Italian, invogliare.)   1
 


 Invalide (French).Invention of the Cross [discovery of the cross]. 

 
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