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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Disable \Dis*a"ble\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disabled}; p. pr & vb n. {Disabling}.] 1. To render unable or incapable; to destroy the force, vigor, or power of action of to deprive of competent physical or intellectual power; to incapacitate; to disqualify; to make incompetent or unfit for service; to impair. A Christian's life is a perpetual exercise, a wrestling and warfare, for which sensual pleasure disables him --Jer. Taylor. And had performed it if my known offense Had not disabled me --Milton. I have disabled mine estate. --Shak. 2. (Law) To deprive of legal right or qualification; to render legally incapable. An attainder of the ancestor corrupts the blood, and disables his children to inherit. --Blackstone. 3. To deprive of that which gives value or estimation; to declare lacking in competency; to disparage; to undervalue. [Obs.] ``He disabled my judgment.'' --Shak. Syn: To weaken; unfit; disqualify; incapacitate. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: disabling adj 1: that cripples or disables or incapacitates; "a crippling injury" [syn: {crippling}, {incapacitating}] 2: depriving of legal right rendering legally disqualified; "certain disabling restrictions disqualified him for citizenship" [syn: {disqualifying}] [ant: {enabling}]
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