2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disqualify \Dis*qual"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disqualified};
p. pr & vb n. {Disqualifying}.]
1. To deprive of the qualities or properties necessary for
any purpose; to render unfit; to incapacitate; -- with for
or from before the purpose, state, or act
My common illness disqualifies me for all
conversation; I mean my deafness. --Swift.
Me are not disqualified by their engagements in
trade from being received in high society.
--Southey.
2. To deprive of some power, right or privilege, by positive
restriction; to disable; to debar legally; as a
conviction of perjury disqualifies a man to be a witness.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
disqualify
v 1: make unfit or unsuitable; "Your income disqualifies you"
[syn: {unfit}, {indispose}] [ant: {qualify}]
2: declare unfit; "She was disqualified for the Olympics
because she was a professional athlete" [ant: {qualify}]
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