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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]: disqualifying adj : depriving of legal right rendering legally disqualified; "certain disabling restrictions disqualified him for citizenship" [syn: {disabling}] [ant: {enabling}] n : the act of preventing someone from participating by finding them unqualified [syn: {disqualification}]
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