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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Incapacitate  \In`ca*pac"i*tate\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p. 
  {Incapacitated};  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Incapacitating}.]  [Pref. 
  in-  not  +  capacitate.] 
  1.  To  deprive  of  capacity  or  natural  power;  to  disable;  to 
  render  incapable  or  unfit;  to  disqualify;  as  his  age 
  incapacitated  him  for  war. 
 
  2.  (Law)  To  deprive  of  legal  or  constitutional  requisites,  or 
  of  ability  or  competency  for  the  performance  of  certain 
  civil  acts  to  disqualify. 
 
  It  absolutely  incapacitated  them  from  holding  rank, 
  office,  function,  or  property.  --Milman. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  incapacitating 
  adj  :  that  cripples  or  disables  or  incapacitates;  "a  crippling 
  injury"  [syn:  {crippling},  {disabling}] 




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